ASUU STRIKE UPDATE: ASUU TO MEET TODAY IN ABUJA ABOUT STRIKE

As the leadership of the
Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) meets
today in Abuja, the issue of
resumption from their five
months-old strike will top the
agenda of the meeting as
expectations of Nigerians is to
see the universities resume for
lectures soonest.
The ASUU president, Comrade
Nasir Isa Fagge’s demand that
the Federal Government should
show commitment of meeting
the disbursement of N200
billion for the year 2013
allocation to the universities
through the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) was said to have
been met, according to the
Senior Special Assistant to the
President, Dr. Doyin Okupe,
last week.
The Federal Government’s
threat to disengage any
lecturer that fails to resume
lectures on December 4, earlier
conveyed by the Minister of
Education, Nyesom Wike, has
also been denied by President
Goodluck Jonathan.
With all these expected areas
of conflict removed, many
Nigerians are pleading with
ASUU to suspend the strike
and resume work.
Investigations reveal that
expectations are high among
students, parents and
Nigerians that the universities
will finally resume from its
five-month-old strike at the
end of today’s meeting.
According to a member of
ASUU, who spoke on condition
of anonymity, the ASUU
president will be addressing
some select journalists in
Abuja today on when to end
the strike.