what looks like an agreement was reached in
the early hours of this morning in the negotiation meeting between representatives
of ASSU and that of the federal Government of Nigeria which started 1:28 p.m on
Thursday came to an end 2:15 a.m on Friday with the ASUU representatives
promising to get back to the Federal government in one weeks time.
The striking university lecturers, ASUU, have
agreed to consider the federal government’s offer and suspend their strike.
The agreement comes after 12
hours, 30 minutes of a closed door meeting between ASUU and a government
delegation in Abuja.
The leadership of ASUU, however,
said though it accepted the proposal presented by the government, it will take
the proposal to its members and get back to the government in a week.
Biodun Ogunyemi, the national
president of ASUU, told journalists after the meeting that the union will come
back after one week to take its final decisions.
“Now we have some concrete
proposal that we will take back to our members for consideration,” he said.
On his part, the Minister of
Education, Adamu Adamu, said ASUU’s demands have been addressed and the union
will get back to the government in a week after consulting with its principals.
We all hope this meeting will put an end to
the constant ASUU Federal government drama.
Details later…
Ukorebi Esien
Blogs and Edits for TDN
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