Sunday, 24 November 2013
ASUU STRIKE: ASUU DECIDES TO KEEP SILENT UNTIL IT MET WITH THE PRESIDENT.
Nigeria’s
striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) after a two-day National
Executive Council Meeting (NEC) on Saturday in Kano, resolved not to say
anything on the lingering strike until it met with President Goodluck Jonathan.
President Jonathan is due home on Sunday night, after attending
a summit in London with investors. A serious stomach pain forced the president
to skip the Thursday opening of the meeting.
ASUU’s meeting was held at an undisclosed venue, away from the
ASUU secretariat, NAN reported.
However,
a reliable source in the association who spoke on Saturday, in Kano, said:
‘’ASUU has decided to meet with President Jonathan before making whatever
decision they took during the meeting public.’’
The source added that 60 per cent of the members wanted the
strike called off while the remaining 40 per cent wanted it to continue.
The NEC meeting was schedule to hold two weeks ago but was
postponed following the death of a former ASUU President, Professor Festus
Iyayi in a road accident in Lokoja.
ASUU embarked on a national strike that has shut down all
Nigeria’s government owned universities, since July.
The academics wanted government to implement an agreement
reached in 2009, which would improve funding for infrastructure in the
universities and welfare of the teachers.
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