their fate today as stakeholders meet...
A crucial National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is going on to decide on offers made
by the Federal Government team last week to persuade its striking
members to return to work according to Sun News.
Ahead of the NEC meeting, various zones of ASUU had met also to
consider the offer as well as inputs from the various branches for
presentation to the NEC.
ASUU had embarked on an indefinite strike on August 14, accusing
government of failure to redeem the terms of agreement signed in 2009
and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) endorsed by both parties in 2012.
One of the zonal coordinators of ASUU told Saturday Sun: “I
must state that the offer from the Federal Government is a far cry from
our members’ expectations. Let us see what comes out of this emergency
NEC meeting. Many of our members are not happy with the way government
is handling our demands. It is up to NEC to take a position on the
on-going strike. Our members are prepared for a long strike, but it
depends on the government.”
He debunked a claim by the Education Minister that ASUU would call off the strike this week, saying, “we
didn’t promise the minister anything. We told the government team that
we are going to consult with our members on what government has
offered”.
He described the likely outcome of NEC meeting, as 50-50, saying
members wanted to see concrete evidence that government was serious
about meeting the demands.
The minister, Mallam Adamu Adamu, had, admitted that
“government has not fulfilled its part of the bargain, even though we
are unhappy that ASUU went on this strike without following due process
and giving us good notice. We realized that we promised something and we
didn’t fulfill it.
fate today as
stakeholders meet. 
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