ASUU STRIKE: On Wednesday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, stated that it is awaiting a response from President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to its demands.
ASUU leadership met with the renegotiation committee led by Prof. Nimi Briggs on Monday, according to reports.
The federal government committee met with the union to review the continuation of the FGN-ASUU 2009 agreements renegotiation.
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Emmanuel Osodeke, the president of ASUU, told Punch at the meeting that the union is waiting for the government to respond to its demand, which was discussed with the committee.
Osodeke speaking on if ASUU would call off the strike, said, “I don’t know if we are calling off the strike soon. We are waiting for the final response from the government.
“It is a committee of different government agencies. They need to go back to their principal and look at what we agreed on and then get back to us. When they respond to us, we will give you full details.”
The University Transparency and Accountability Solution, according to Osodeke, is still being tested by the National Information Technology Development Agency.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, President stated that the union has met with the Federal Government’s committee three times.
He said, “They will call us when they are ready for another meeting, but none for now. We have had about three meetings with them.’’
