The striking
university lecturers, ASUU, have agreed to consider the federal government’s
offer and suspend their strike.
The
agreement comes after 12 hours, 30 minutes of a closed-door meeting between
ASUU and a government delegation in Abuja.
The
leadership of ASUU, however, said though it accepted the proposal presented by
the government, it will take the proposal to its members and get back to the
government in a week.
Biodun
Ogunyemi, the national president of ASUU, told journalists after the meeting
that the union will come back after one week to take its final decisions.
“Now we have
some concrete proposal that we will take back to our members for
consideration,” he said.
On his part,
the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said ASUU’s demands have been addressed
and the union will get back to the government in a week after consulting with
its principals.
The meeting
started 1:38pm on Thursday the 7th of September 2017 and ended 2:15 a.m. on Friday the 8th of September 2017.
Source: Premium Times
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