Asuu is ready to call off strike but..............
The hope for the re-
opening of universities in
the shortest possible time
was dashed Thursday after the
Federal Government constituted
committee chaired by the Benue State Governor, Hon. Gabriel Suswan in a
meeting with the leadership of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities,
ASUU, failed to agree on the
contentious issues. There were expectations that ASUU
could call off the strike after the
meeting as the National President of
the union Dr. Nasir Fagge had
previously said that calling off the
strike was dependent upon what the Federal government would place on
the table in respect of the
implementation of the 2009
agreement. Speaking on the outcome of the
meeting, Dr. Fagge said, "Well it was
inaugural meeting, so naturally
nothing much was achieved. It is just
that the chairman (Governor Gabriel
Suswan) told us how he wants to carry out the assignment. "And then he said that he thinks we
should have a sub-committee that will
liaise with TETFund and National
Planning Commission to get more
information on the technical report
that was submitted by the Needs Assessment Committee and on the
basis of that, projects will be identified
and will now look for the funding," he
said. "There is no change any way because
the meeting today is just considering
one aspect of the agreement, which is
funding. So what we did today was to
have an inaugural meeting on funding
and our members nation wide said nothing short of implementation of all
aspects of the agreement will make
them call off the strike, so like I said
whatever meeting we are invited, we
will go and give our members
information".
opening of universities in
the shortest possible time
was dashed Thursday after the
Federal Government constituted
committee chaired by the Benue State Governor, Hon. Gabriel Suswan in a
meeting with the leadership of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities,
ASUU, failed to agree on the
contentious issues. There were expectations that ASUU
could call off the strike after the
meeting as the National President of
the union Dr. Nasir Fagge had
previously said that calling off the
strike was dependent upon what the Federal government would place on
the table in respect of the
implementation of the 2009
agreement. Speaking on the outcome of the
meeting, Dr. Fagge said, "Well it was
inaugural meeting, so naturally
nothing much was achieved. It is just
that the chairman (Governor Gabriel
Suswan) told us how he wants to carry out the assignment. "And then he said that he thinks we
should have a sub-committee that will
liaise with TETFund and National
Planning Commission to get more
information on the technical report
that was submitted by the Needs Assessment Committee and on the
basis of that, projects will be identified
and will now look for the funding," he
said. "There is no change any way because
the meeting today is just considering
one aspect of the agreement, which is
funding. So what we did today was to
have an inaugural meeting on funding
and our members nation wide said nothing short of implementation of all
aspects of the agreement will make
them call off the strike, so like I said
whatever meeting we are invited, we
will go and give our members
information".
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