NEW ASUU STRIKE UPDATE; ASUU, F.G. MEETING TOMORROW, 25TH NOVEMBER 2013

So, according to AIT, and most Nigerian newspapers, apparently, the ASUU body is meeting again tomorrow with the Federal Government to further deliberate on the ongoing strike action and the terms of agreement presented by President Goodluck Jonathan in his last meeting with them.

ASUU had cancelled its earlier scheduled NEC meeting in Kano due to the death of its former president, Prof. Festus Iyayi.

Iyayi died when the vehicle he was travelling with other national officers from Benin to Kano got involved in a crash with the convoy of Kogi Governor, Idris Wada.

Earlier, President Goodluck Jonathan, at a meeting with ASUU leadership, had offered to inject N220bn into the universities yearly for the next five years.

ASUU officials at the meeting promised to take the message to its members across the country.

The meeting was to collate feedback from its various chapters on the fresh offer by the Federal Government.

"Meanwhile, the Federal Government on Saturday, again, appealed to ASUU to call off the strike it embarked upon over four months ago in the interest the students.

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, made this appeal while speaking with journalists after she was conferred with an honourary Doctorate Degree in Accounting by the Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu.

The university also conferred the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, with an honourary Doctorate Degree in Economics at a ceremony attended by dignitaries, including the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade and former Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Bashir Awotorebo.

Okonjo-Iweala said, “I am appealing to ASUU to call off the strike in the interest of the students. The government, on its part, is committed to tackling the rot in the education sector. The Federal Government has acceded to most of the demands made by ASUU.

“Federal Government has set aside N220bn yearly for the development of tertiary institutions in the country. This is part of measures by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration to develop the education sector.”

The minister also called on well-meaning Nigerians to invest in the education sector, saying investment in the sector would have a huge impact on the economy."

  

This fresh meeting is coming after they had conferred last week Friday to decide on the future of the on going academic strike, taking into consideration the new terms of agreement proposed by the FG.

We can only hope that the meeting sees an end to this strike action.

#PRAYNIGERIA!