Most current update from meeting between FG and ASUU. This is more recent: FG: ASUU May Call Off strike Next Week The ongoing labour strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may likely be called off as a result of the recent breakthrough in negotiation with the Federal Government on some outstanding issues. This is coming as the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim Friday in Abuja inaugurated the Universities Needs Implementation Committee with Governor of Benue State Gabriel Suswam as its Chairman. In another news, ASUU Strike: FG Fails To Reach Agreement “Our meeting today is blessed with injection of new hands, new faces and new minds. It is expected that our meeting today will be fruitful because we would have more hands helping us to resolve what is outstanding. You might also recall that the implementation committee of Needs Assessment Report to Nigerian Universities was just inaugurated. The Chairman of that Committee is Governor Gabriel Suswam. After the inauguration of that committee, we appealed to him to join us in this meeting that is following soon after. On this note, I am convinced that their desire to see this matter resolved is simply because of their commitment to national progress .” – stated the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim in his opening remark at a meeting held today between the striking workers and the committee appointed by the federal government. The lingering deadlock between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Academic Staff Union of Universities [ASUU] appeared to have found a short-lived glimmer of hope that the conscription of the governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam as chairman of the implementation of Needs Assessment Report to Nigerian Universities would untangle the knot between the Federal government and ASUU. It was gathered that a meeting held with the Benue State governor and members of ASUU ended in a deadlock. As learnt, the ASUU members appeared to have reached an agreement on many of the issues on the negotiation table except on two issues – which were – earned allowance and general university funding for infrastructural development. To this effect, Senator Anyim expressed optimism that the Federal Government will ensure that the issues are resolved for the lecturers to return to classroom by next week. Another meeting has been scheduled for Monday. In a last report, NANS urges ASUU to suspend strike The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), who are currently onstrike, to return to classrooms in the interest of the students, warning that attempts at keeping students at home longer than necessary portends great danger to their future. NANS president, Mr Yinka Gbadebo, in a statement released in Ibadan, called on the leadership of members of ASUU to return to their duty posts in the interest of Nigerian students, while continuing their negotiations with the Federal Government. It noted that the myriads of problems in the education sector required all stakeholders to come together and articulate a common demand, adding that a situation where one union shuts the entire education system was not only counter-productive, but also unhealthy in the face of global competitiveness. While also speaking on the Rivers State crisis, NANS called on the gladiators to sheathe their swords and work towards the attainment of a united and peaceful Nigeria, while urging President Goodluck Jonathan to act as the father of the nation by calling on actors in the crisis to come together and find lasting peace to the problem. The strike is still on but might be reaching its end sooner than later. NESA For Economists will continue to keep you informed. Search for NESA For Economists and LIKE it.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 21:28:50 +0000
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