Strike Continues As ASUU, FG Meeting Ends In Deadlock
ASUU Reveals Only Thing That Can End Lingering Strike
The lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) looks set to continue after the association’s meeting with the Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government ended in deadlock on Tuesday.
AttNews understands that a team of the Federal Government led by Nimi Briggs met with the representatives of ASUU at the headquarters of the National Universities Commission (NUC).
However, reports revealed that the team did not place any fresh offer before ASUU, it only begged the union to suspend its ongoing strike.
“The meet with the FG’s team was headed by Professor Nimi Briggs and it started by 12:00pm and ended by 3:00pm. There was no new offer on the table, they simply begged us to call off the strike,” the top ASUU official told pressmen.
“The lecturers left angrily, though we cannot really ascertain what was discussed with them as you can see, we were not invited, but the proposal presented was rejected”, a top ministry official also added.
Also speaking on the meeting, a member of the ASUU National Executive Committee stated that the government was “unserious” with the negotiations.
He said, “They are not serious. I can’t go over the details with you because the president is responsible for disseminating the information. The proposal presented was unreasonable. There is no hope in sight.”
On his part, ASUU president, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke told pressmen that, ‘‘It wasn’t good,” referring to the meeting.
“We didn’t sign anything; they did not come with anything good. I can’t go into details. We will talk to our members first before we talk to the press. We represent our members.’’
