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".
* dancing etighi*
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