ASUU strike: Lecturers meets FG on Tuesday, resumes negotiations

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will meet with Federal Government representatives on Tuesday to resolve its prolonged strike.

ASUU president, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this while speaking on Monday on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

Osodeke noted that the meeting discussed one of seven issues ASUU is protesting over.

“That’s the issue of renegotiation,” Osodeke said.

“The renegotiation of the 2009 agreement.

“It’s not just about wages. It has to do with the system, funding, the structure, autonomy and other issues and how to fund universities.

“The government has reduced it to just salaries alone. But if they had looked at the whole agreement and implemented it, we would not be talking about funding.”

Osodeke also suggested that if Tuesday’s meeting goes well, the strike action may be called off.

“We are willing to sign,” he added.

Recall that ASUU, on February 14, shut down public universities over the inability of the Federal Government to implement previous agreements both parties entered into.

The lecturers’ agitations include funding for the revitalization of public universities, earned academic allowances, University Transparency Accountability Solution, promotion arrears and others.