A meeting between the Federal Government and striking
university lecturers on Friday was again inconclusive.
The Governor of Benue State, Gabriel
Suswam, who was drafted to intervene in the face-off between the government and
the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), told newsmen that there were
still outstanding issues to be resolved next week for ASUU to call off the
strike.
The two knotty issues according to
him, are earned allowance and funding of university education in view of the
infrastructure deficit in the system.
He added that all other issues raised by ASUU had been agreed on apart from the two issues pending.
He added that all other issues raised by ASUU had been agreed on apart from the two issues pending.
Suswam, however, disclosed that while
the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, would meet
with ASUU leadership on Monday to resolve the issue of the earned allowance, he
and members of implementation committee on Needs Assessment Committee would
also meet with ASUU next Thursday to finalise issues on funding.
The governor expressed optimism that
all the pending issues would be resolved next week for the union to call off
the strike.
He admitted the decay and rot in
universities, stressing that his committee would ensure that there was
sustained funding of universities in Nigeria.
Earlier in his opening remark at the
meeting, Senator Anyim expressed determination of the Federal Government to
ensure that the issues were resolved for the lecturers to return to classroom.
He said: “Our meeting today is
blessed with injection of new hands, new faces and new minds. It is expected
that our meeting today will be fruitful because we would have more hands
helping us to resolve what is outstanding.
“You might also recalled that the
implementation committee of Needs Assessment Report to Nigerian universities
was just inaugurated. The chairman of that committee is Governor Gabriel
Suswam. After the inauguration of that committee, we appealed to him to join us
in this meeting that is following soon after.
“On this note, I am convinced that
their desire to see this matter resolved is simply because of their commitment
to national progress,” Anyim said.
He added that the Needs assessment was undertaken based on the desire to revitalise university education in Nigeria.
He added that the Needs assessment was undertaken based on the desire to revitalise university education in Nigeria.
Implementation of the Needs
Assessment report is one of the key demands of ASUU that led to the
three-week-old strike that has paralysed academic activities in universities
across the nation.
Secretary to the Government of the
Federation inaugurated the committee headed by Governor Suswam.
He noted that the committee was set
up in line with the agreement with both the academic and non-academic staff
union of universities as part of efforts to revitalise the nation’s
universities.
Anyim charged the committee members
to interface with all agencies providing funding support to universities with
the aim of appropriately channelling support to identified priorities.
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Our hope and prayers is that, may you all come into a final conclusion next week and the strike to be called off as soon as possible.
ReplyDeleteI think all these committees being set up by government are used to deceive d masses, what happened to the reports of subsidy committee, boko haram commitee, even d committee concerning Mr Otetola and Mr Farouk Lawan & host of others.... We are been deceived in this country... When will they start to act directly & stop this pattern of quashing serious issues by making them appear like they never happened. ASUU should stand on their ground, they should implement everything... It is a pity dat in Nigeria one has to go on strike b4 d attention of pple we call our leaders (gov'mnt) can be gotten... So surprising is works minister(Emeka Wogu) dening wat he said on asuu strike. U people should stop playing with our intelligence!
ReplyDeleteWell said my Dear.
DeleteAbeg ASUU make d strike continue till after salah.I pray U̶̲̥̅̊ shld not come into conclusion AMEN
ReplyDeleteIf you ever want anything in Nigeria, you must first embark on strike or engage in militancy against the state. Niger Delta militants did it, now, they are happier today. Boko Haram, OPC did theirs, they are having their way. MASSOB is all talk, no force. That's why they are only moving without motion. Elections no longer provide citizens the opportunities to change bad leaders - it is the use of massive force, strikes and revolutions that, ... using the Egyptian template as a model. Our governments should be more responsive to the yearnings of the masses.
ReplyDeleteAll our wish is to call off yhe strike if not for the whole Nigerta plz let it be for the subjects of our beloved Country Nigeria. Cos the pathetic part is our leaders are sending their childs abroad and if they came back that would be the wors part cos they'll start leading us blindly not knowing our comtemporary challenges....
ReplyDeleteASUU commitment has been d one that needs to be applauded,let us all stand in period of challenges to face reality just like the way ASUU stood to their feet which is no implementation ,no going to work,which has risen a laudable voice in the nation.Why wuld a country like ours will not be able to boast of one Nigeria university among first best three university in Africa to start with.Our govt should realise that Nigeria is their country nation,no matter how much they gather to send their children abroad.The school system is the face of the country outside world
ReplyDeleteAll of una don talk well... But pls and pls. Asuu shld also knw dat we r not gettin any younger @ home ooo time waits 4 no 1 abeg... I no dey r fighting 4der riit buh dey shld. Try as much 2 consider d students @ make d strike no pass. Nxtweek nai b mai prayer oo.
ReplyDeleteAs 4 dat muslim fool wht has ur fasting got 2 do wit our skooling? Abi na u first fast?