ASUU strike: Lecturers to meet Pres.Jonathan

Members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of
the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
yesterday ended their two-day meeting in Kano with a
resolve to meet President Goodluck Jonathan today or
tomorrow on the outcome of their parley.
It was learnt that the union could, after the meeting, call
off the five-month-old strike, but with a caveat that the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Revenue
Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC)
should monitor the agreement it has reached with the
federal government.

A source at the meeting told LEADERSHIP Sunday that
the union will issue a communiqué on the decisions it had
taken on Monday, adding that "we may call off the
strike on Monday. It is one of the decisions we reached
at NEC meeting. ASUU will meet President Jonathan
today or on Monday".
The meeting was held at the Centre for Democratic
Research, Mumbayya House, Kano.

The source said that ASUU had resolved that, in
compliance with the directive of President Jonathan at
their last meeting with him, they will present the
outcome of the meeting to him directly.

He explained that ASUU had resolved that the CBN and
RMAFC had to witness the implementation of the
agreement it reached with the federal government.

According to him, it was the unanimous decision of NEC
members to involve other parties, especially the financial
sector, in the implementation of the agreement.

Other issues discussed at the meeting include the
violation of ASUU labour laws by some universities,
which have announced resumption dates for students
when the strike has not been called off.
Source:leadership
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