Francesca Iwambe -Abuja
Federal government on Tuesday resumed talks with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the ongoing strike in public universities which entered a month as at yesterday.
The national president of the union, Biodun Ogunyemi, led the union’s delegation to the crucial meeting which took place at the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja.
Also present at the meeting were the Education Minister, Adamu Adamu; the permanent secretary, Sunny Echono; representatives of National Universities Commission and the National Income, Wages and Salaries Commission.
Speaking with journalists after the meeting, the national president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Danielson Akpan, who was present at the meeting, explained that the two parties need to consider the interest of the students in their deliberations.
“My fear is that these politicians can give a ‘political response’ and may not meet the conditions again,”
It would be recalled that the union embarked on strike on November 4 over the poor funding of Nigerian universities, an alleged plan by the federal government to increase students’ fees and introduce an education bank, as well as non-implementation of previous agreements.
