ASUU, FG Meeting Deadlocked, Lecturers Stage Walk-out
The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government ended in a deadlock on Tuesday.
Sources familiar with the matter said that the Federal Government’s team met with the representatives of ASUU at the headquarters of the National Universities Commission.
“The meet with the FG’s team was headed by Professor Nimi Briggs and it started by 12:00pm and ended by 3:00pm. There was no new offer on the table, they simply begged us to call off the strike”.
Another source said, “ The lecturers left angrily, though we cannot really ascertain what was discussed with them as you can see, we were not invited, but the proposal presented was rejected”, a top ministry official also confirmed.
Also confirming the development, a member of the ASUU National Executive Committee who asked not to be quoted explained that the government was “unserious” with the negotiations.
“They are not serious. I can’t go over the details with you because the president is responsible for disseminating the information. The proposal presented was unreasonable. There is no hope in sight”.
The spokesperson for the ministry of education, Ben Goong said that the minister of education would brief the press on Thursday
The ASUU president, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke when contacted noted that he was in a meeting.
