Strike: ASUU Says They’re Waiting to Hear From FG

The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities said it is awaiting the response of the Federal Government on its demands.

As reported earlier, the Federal Government’s renegotiation committee headed by Nimi Briggs met with ASUU leadership on Monday in continuation of the renegotiation of the FGN-ASUU 2009 agreements with the four university unions, which are all currently on strike.

Responding to the outcome of the meeting, The President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, told news correspondents that the meeting was fair, saying they were expecting the government to respond to the issues they discussed with the committee.

When asked if ASUU would call the strike off soon since it had a fair deliberation with Briggs committee, Osodeke said, ‘‘I don’t know if we are calling off the strike soon. We are waiting for the final response from the government.

“It is a committee of different government agencies. They need to go back to their principal and look at what we agreed on and then get back to us. When they respond to us, we will give you full details.”

He revealed that University Transparency and Accountability Solution is still undergoing test by National Information Technology Development Agency, adding that ASUU has had three meetings with the Federal Government’s committee.

Osodeke also said there was no new The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities has said it is awaiting the response of the Federal Government on its demands.

The PUNCH reported that the Federal Government’s renegotiation committee headed by Prof. Nimi Briggs met with ASUU leadership on Monday in continuation of the renegotiation of the FGN-ASUU 2009 agreements with the four university unions, which are all currently on strike.

The President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, told our correspondent that the meeting was fair, saying they were expecting the government to respond to the issues they discussed with the committee.

When asked if ASUU would call the strike off soon since it had a fair deliberation with Briggs committee, Osodeke said, ‘‘I don’t know if we are calling off the strike soon. We are waiting for the final response from the government.

“It is a committee of different government agencies. They need to go back to their principal and look at what we agreed on and then get back to us. When they respond to us, we will give you full details.”

Osodeke also revealed that University Transparency and Accountability Solution is still undergoing test by National Information Technology Development Agency. He added that ASUU has had three meetings with the Federal Government’s committee and there was no new invitation from the committee at the moment.

“They will call us when they are ready for another meeting, but none for now. We have had about three meetings with them.’’