Info For Y'all Asuu, Jonathan Marathon Coming Together End Over Ten Hours

‘We won’t exit until this strike is called off’ - President Jonathan

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, held a long coming together with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. As of the fourth dimension of going to press some 11.30 p.m, the meeting, which started some 2.45 p.m, was all the same ongoing.

ASUU, it volition live recalled, commenced strike to press habitation its demands in addition to fulfilment on the purpose of the government, the understanding they both signed inwards 2009.

President Goodluck Jonathan

Leaders of the smasher ASUU, on Monday, abandoned the cozy conference hall of the First Lady fly of the Presidential Villa, venue of their coming together with President Goodluck Jonathan, to encounter within a Toyota rider vehicle to visit proposal lay earlier them inwards a coming together with the president.

They had been locked inwards the coming together with the president for close iii in addition to one-half hours earlier emerging, entirely to hop into the rider vehicle parked exterior the venue, acre to bring a mortal give-and-take that could non live monitored past times regime agents.

The initial coming together with the president commenced at close 2.45 p.m in addition to lasted till close 6.30 p.m, after which the president left for his residence, piece the ASUU leaders walked out of the First Lady’s wing, entirely to larn inwards the parked rider vehicle to proceed their deliberation over what had been lay earlier them past times the president.

When State House correspondents made attempts to larn the lecturers to talk, some of them replied that they would provide to proceed their discussions with the president.

They did disembark from the rider vehicle after close 24 minutes to provide to the coming together in addition to were later on joined past times President Jonathan.

The coming together continued till slowly inwards the night.

Before the foremost of the meeting, President Jonathan had, inwards a lighter mood, told them that all the contending issues must live resolved during the coming together to enable students to become dorsum to school.

While exchanging pleasantries with ASUU president, he said “my president, all the problems volition live over today. Our children must become dorsum to school. With yous here, nosotros are covered. It is signed, sealed in addition to delivered.”

With President Jonathan were Vice President Namadi Sambo; Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Pius Ayim; Coordinating Minister for the Economy in addition to Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Minister of Labour, Chief Emeka Nwogu; Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike in addition to the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius Okojie.

On the ASUU side were its national president, Dr Nasir Fagge, Professor Festus Iyayi, Professor Dipo Fashina in addition to Professor Abdulahi Sule Kano, who were joined past times president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Abdulwaheed Omar; his Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart, Bobboi Kaigama, with others.

Earlier, a coming together betwixt Senate President, David Mark in addition to the matrimony leadership did non yield the desired result.

Mark had been mandated past times the Senate, close 2 weeks ago, to mediate inwards the disagreement betwixt the academy lecturers in addition to the Federal Government, over the non- implementation of the 2009 understanding past times the government.

Speaking with newsmen after a closed-door session with Senator Mark, ASUU president, Dr Fagge, said the intervention past times the Senate president was a welcome evolution inwards the motility to larn the crisis sorted out in addition to for the universities to live re-opened.

Before the closed-door meeting, Senator Mark said “as yous are aware, I bring been mandated past times the Senate to encounter with yous in addition to the Federal Government to resolve this crisis every bit shortly every bit possible, in addition to thence that the children volition become dorsum to the classrooms in addition to I believe that is what yous besides want.”

Dr Fagge, on his part, noted that “members of ASUU are non only lecturers, nosotros are besides parents in addition to besides with us, nosotros bring students who are pursuing post-graduate degrees. So this strike direct affects us negatively.”

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Source: Tribune