Friday, 8 September 2017

#ASUUStrikeUpdate: FG Reaches Agreement, Lecturers May Call-Off Strike In Few Days.

After 12 hours, 30 minutes of a closed door meeting between ASUU and an FG delegation, striking university lecturers have agreed to consider FG’s offer and suspend their strike.
According to a report, the leadership of ASUU led by the national President, Biodun Ogunyemi met with a FG delegation led by Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige and Minister for Education, Adamu Adamu on Thursday, September 7, 2017.
Ogunyemi, who reportedly spoke to journalists after the meeting said though it accepted the proposal presented by the government, it will take the proposal to its members and get back to the government in a week.

“Now we have some concrete proposal that we will take back to our members for consideration,” he said.
On his part, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said ASUU’s demands have been addressed and the union will get back to the government in a week after consulting with its principals.
The meeting started 1:38pm on Thursday and ended 2:15 a.m. on Friday.

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