Nigeria Universities – Polytechnics and College of Education news Nigerian Educational News | Zenith Of Educational NewsLatest news reaching us today, is that the Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam has on Friday, expressed the optimism that the current ongoing industrial action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities might end in the next one week.
According to the Governor, who is the newly elected chairman of the National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy Assessment Implementation Committee of the universities, spoke with journalists shortly after a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria.
The Governor said thus and we quote:
I want to let all parents and students be aware that we are having negotiation with ASUU. In the next one or two weeks, we should be able to arrive at something that will necessitate them calling off the strike, once we are able to agree with them on all issues that they have raised.
Meanwhile, there are only two outstanding issues that is still firing up the strike, which is, the NEEDS assessment and the earned allowances.
The NEEDS assessment which I’m handling, we have virtually concluded. I think by next week, it will be definite.
The Governor also went further to say that the earned allowance, the governor, Gabriel Suswam also said that the SGF is still holding meeting (with them), believe that in the next one week, given the seriousness of the issue, we will be able to come to some level of agreement with ASUU, which will probably lead to calling off the strike. I am not saying they are calling off the strike, we have to agree on these two remaining issues.”
The governor said the committee he chairs will be meeting again with ASUU on Tuesday and that a sub-committee with ASUU inclusive had been set up to look at the NEEDS assessment document and get out some projects that the President will immediately inaugurate between now and September.
He said with the commitment by government to be releasing money every year, the nation’s universities would be given a new lease of life.
We hope that the strike get called off real soon, because time is not on some student’s side.
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