FG, ASUU strike new deal

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) struck a new deal on Thursday night following a three-hour close-door meeting at the State House in Abuja between Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo and the leadership of the union.

Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, ASUU President Nasir Isa Fagge said the union had got a message from the government which would be relayed in a meeting with members before they “get back to the government.”

Fagge, however, refused to disclose the details of the ‘new message.’ On whether there is a possibility of calling off the strike soon, he said, “as a good messenger,” he would only report back to “the larger ASUU.”
Also speaking, Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, who was at the meeting, assured that the strike would soon end as the government was ready to resolve all the issues that led to the industrial action.
Also at the meeting were the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius Okojie, as well as Vice Chancellor of the Bayero University, Kano, Professor Abdulrasheed Abubakar, his counterparts, Isaac Adewole of the University of Ibadan and Hamisu Muhammed of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.
Former ASUU presidents Dr Dipo Fasina and Dr Abdullahi Sule-Kano were also in attendance.