LATEST GOOD NEWS- ASUU MAY END STRIKE NEXT WEEK

Hope of an early resolution of the strike embarked on by the
public universities� lecturers rises as the Vice-President
Namadi Sambo met with the leadership of the Academic
Staff Union of Universities in Abuja on Thursday.

The meeting held behind closed doors had in attendance the
supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike and the
Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission,
Prof. Julius Okojie.

The union was led by its National President, Dr. Nasir
Faggae, and two former Presidents of ASUU; Dr. Dipo Fasina
and Dr. Abdullahi Sule-Kano.

Others at the meeting were the Vice-Chancellors of Bayero
University Kano, Prof. Abdulrasheed Abubakar; Prof. Isaac
Adewole of the University of Ibadan; and Prof. Muhammed
Hamisu of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.
It was however uncertain if yesterday  discussion was
fruitful as the two parties did not disclose the outcome of the
meeting which lasted for two hours to journalists. Fagge,
however, told State House Correspondents that the union
would make its position known after the National Executive
Council meeting. Wike assured Nigerians

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students would soon return to school as government was
ready to make sure all the contending issues were resolved
as soon as possible.

But a source at the meeting, who pleaded anonymity,
however, told one of our correspondents that going by the
new offers made by the Federal Government, the strike
might be called off within the next two weeks.

This, the source said, was because the Federal Government
had agreed to inject fund to revitalize the university system.

 The meeting went well, the vice-president made some
new offers that were different from what was on ground
before.

For instance, the Federal Government had agreed to start
the injection of revitalisation fund into the university system
starting with N100bn this year and N150bn in 2014 and
this will continue until the university system is solid enough to
stand.

The source, however, said that the ASUU team promised the
vice-president that the union would make it decision on the
strike known after its NEC meeting unconfirmed source said
had been scheduled for Saturday.