ASUU meeting today

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has hailed the House of Representatives for its intervention in the protracted crisis between university lecturers ...

We are the Giant of Africa and we must act as the Giant of Africa. We want to have a university in Nigeria where we should be earning money from students all over the world and paying in hard currency as we are paying (overseas) so that our system will grow. We do hope that this will be the final in the interest of our children.” Disclosing the outcome of the closed-door meeting, Osodeke said, “We have agreed that between now and tomorrow, we are going to get some documentations – signed— that we can take to our members. We want to have a university where the remuneration is enough to attract lecturers from all over the world, just as our people are going outside. We do hope that this is the last one. “We have met briefly in the Speaker’s office and looked at all the issues. What we have agreed with ASUU is basically to put everything on paper and sign off, and I believe if we had met yesterday and the papers had been drawn up, ASUU, I am sure, would have called of the strike today. Once that is agreed, I am very hopeful and very excited about the possibility or probability the strike would be called of in a matter of days.” “As you heard Mr President say during his budget presentation, he appealed to ASUU to go back to class and that N470bn total has been included in the budget. First time, we made our recommendations, with the government shifting some ground and ASUU shifting some ground. As you will recall, some weeks ago, the House got involved in this crisis and we had long, tough, intense meetings with ASUU.

Mr Gbajabiamila said Mr Buhari has agreed to some demands of ASUU after two meetings he (the president) had with the House leadership.

The judgement was confirmed by the Court of Appeal. Good journalism costs a lot of money. We will do that as soon as possible for the interest of Nigerians,” he said. “That meeting was even better than the first one we had with him, and Mr President had agreed to settle things. The government asked the court to determine the legality or otherwise of the strike. As you know, in my union, we operate bottom-up, we don’t take decisions on their behalf without taking their consent.

The 8-month-old nationwide strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) continues as the Speaker of the House.

“We want to have a university where the remuneration is enough to attract lecturers from all over the world just as our people are going out. Because this is the first time we are having such thing and we hope this time around there will not be any attempt person or group to create something that will also make us run into anything again. “Our struggle, thank God the National Assembly is joining us is for the educational system in Nigeria. “We have actually met briefly in the Speaker’s office and looked at all issues and he briefed us. “From what we have seen today, for the first time since this our action started, we are seeing light at the end of the tunnel. But I believe that this has hopefully come to an end in a matter of days,” the Speaker noted. And we have taken note of what they have covered. We did this for the sake of our students and children. “And I hope it would be a thing of the past. He appealed to ASUU to go back to class and that N470 billion total has been included in the budget. Gbajabiamila said: “This is a recap to seal the deal on what has been a long-fought battle, long hard road for everybody both for ASUU the students and the government. “ASUU, I am sure would have called off the strike today.

As effort is being intensified by the leadership of House of representatives towards ending the ongoing industrial dispute between the Academic Staff Union ...

They will sit down together, and the Chairman of the House Committee on Tertiary Education will also be part of that tripartite sit-down arrangement to include all those things that are required by ASUU in the IPPIS platform. “Revitalization has been provided for in the budget, we made sure of that. So we have agreed that between now and tomorrow. There was one of the sticking points, the issue of no work no pay, the President did ask to digest the recommendations and would have one more meeting, which we did on Friday after the budget presentation. “That meeting was even better than the first one we had with him and Mr. President, Gbajabiamila expressed delight that the President’s disposition to the House’s intervention was positive.

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We are the Giant of Africa and we must act as the Giant of Africa. We will do that as quickly as possible in the interest of all of us, Nigerians and the students, so that this thing can be resolved as quickly as possible. We want to have a university in Nigeria where we should be earning money from students all over the world and paying in hard currency as we are paying (overseas) so that our system will grow. We want to have a university where the remuneration is enough to attract lecturers from all over the world, just as our people are going outside. We made sure of that The salary structure has been looked at and there has been improvement as well, and we made sure of that. And the president did ask that he would suggest the recommendations and would have one more meeting which we did on Friday after the budget presentation. We were able to make sure that what ASUU was asking for in terms of revitalisation, salary, that there has been significant improvement. “We agreed with ASUU and the government on certain things which we took to Mr. First time we made our recommendations with the government shifting some and ASUU shifting some. There was one sticking issue which was the issue of no work no pay. As you would recall, some weeks ago the House got involved in this crisis and we had long, tough, intense meetings with ASUU. Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday expressed optimism that the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff union of Universities (ASUU) would be called off in a matter of days.

After eight months of stalled negotiations with the Federal Government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday expressed hope that its ...

“If the way the National Assembly has intervened, if we had done that long ago, or those in charge of labour and education had done exactly this, we would not be where we are today. We would not have stayed more than two or three weeks on this strike. “Once again, I want to thank you.

There seems be an end in sight to lingering impasse between the federal government and the the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as the.

If the way the National Assembly had intervened if we had done that long ago, from the beginning, to be allowed to do that all along, or those in charge of Labour and Education had done exactly this, we would not be where we are today. We are the Giant of Africa and we must act as the Giant of Africa. We want to have a university in Nigeria where we should be earning money from students all over the world and paying in hard currency as we are paying (overseas) so that our system will grow. We want to have a university where the remuneration is enough to attract lecturers from all over the world, just as our people are going outside. We did this for the sake of our students and children and I hope it would be a thing of the past. “We have agreed that between now and tomorrow, we are going to get some documents signed that we can take to our members. We do hope that this is the last one. We had meetings with those on the government side and we are happy to report that as the result of the consultation and intervention of the House, very significant progress has been made and we are more or less at the of the road. We were able to make sure that what ASUU was asking for in terms of revitalization, salary, that there has been significant improvement, revitalization has been provided for in the budget. But we only just met behind closed doors now and so we have to draw up the agreement as I have stated to you, and hopefully in the next couple of days, of course ASUU has to get back to its bases as well, once that is agreed, I am very hopeful and very excited about the possibility or probability the strike would be called of in a manner of days. The salary structure has been looked at and there has been improvement as well, and we made sure of that. “We agreed with ASUU and the government on certain things which we took to Mr President.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila last night said that in a matter of days the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU will call ...

If the way the National Assembly has intervened if we had done that long ago, from the beginning, to be allowed to do that all along, or if those in charge of Labour and Education had done exactly this, we would not be where we are today. We will do that as quickly as possible in the interest of all of us, Nigerians and the students so that this thing can be resolved as quickly as possible. We are the Giant of Africa and we must act as the Giant of Africa. We want to have a university in Nigeria where we should be earning money from students all over the world and paying in hard currency as we are paying (overseas) so that our system will grow. We want to have a university where the remuneration is enough to attract lecturers from all over the world, just as our people are going outside. We did this for the sake of our students and children and I hope it would be a thing of the past. We were able to make sure that what ASUU was asking for in terms of revitalization, and salary, that there has been significant improvement, and revitalization has been provided for in the budget. But we only just met behind closed doors now and so we have to draw up the agreement as I have stated to you, and hopefully in the next couple of days, of course, ASUU has to get back to its bases as well, once that is agreed, I am very hopeful and very excited about the possibility or probability the strike would be called of in a manner of days. We had meetings with those on the government side and we are happy to report that as the result of the consultation and intervention of the House, very significant progress has been made and we are more or less at the of the road. We have agreed that between now and tomorrow, we are going to get some documents signed that we can take to our members. The salary structure has been looked at and there has been improved as well, and we made sure of that. “We agreed with ASUU and the government on certain things which we took to Mr President.