Following a threat issued by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called for an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC).
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the ASUU emergency NEC meeting would be followed by a meeting between the union and the federal government on Tuesday by 4:00 PM.
The ASUU emergency NEC meeting has been slated for Monday (today) evening to consider reports from all branches.
The ASUU had said it was yet interfacing with its member branches to consider FG’s offer to call off the strike.
Meanwhile, NANS had said both the FG and ASUU must resolve their differences and end the long-overdue strike before January 5, 2021.
The union made this known in a statement released on Sunday, Dec. 20
Comrade Sunday Asefon, the student association president threatened that if both parties don’t oblige by the given date, the association would take strategic actions.
“The Federal Government and ASUU will face the students and tell us why we have to suffer this much,” he said.
The union president said the ongoing strike is the longest in the history of the country.
He explained that the strike has been long enough to be called off saying it is ridiculous that both the FG and ASUU have not found a common ground.
The unending nature of the strike the president noted has left students with no choice but to do all it can to bring an end to the strike.
Asefon also noted that NANS should have a third party representative in every FG and ASUU meeting for posterity sake and transparency in leadership.
