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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the federal government of Nigeria will meet on Tuesday over its ongoing strike action.
ASUU president, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, made this disclosure when featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, he said the meeting was to discuss one of the demands the university lecturers have tabled before the federal government.
“That’s the issue of renegotiation,” Osodeke said.
“The renegotiation of the 2009 agreement.
“It’s not just about wages. It has to do with the system, funding, structure, autonomy, and other issues and how to fund universities.
“The government has reduced it to just salaries alone. But if they had looked at the whole agreement and implemented it, we would not be talking about funding.”
Osodeke also suggested that if Tuesday’s meeting goes well, the strike action may be called off.
“We are willing to sign,” he added.
ASUU declared a warning strike on February 14 2022 before embarking on indefinite strike action to press home their demands and the 2009 agreement entered into by both parties.
The striking university lecturers have been asking for the revitalization of public universities, earned academic allowances, University Transparency Accountability Solution, (UTAS) promotion arrears, and others.
Meanwhile, their college of Education counterparts has called off their 2 months old strike after agreeing with the Federal Government.