This was part of the resolutions of the meeting between the ASUU
leadership, Vice President Namadi Sambo and the Supervising Minister of
Education on Tuesday as was first reported by this medium.
An official of the Vice President’s office who pleaded
anonymity said that all hands are now on deck to ensure that the
universities resume next week.
The official stated that the Vice President and the Supervising
Minister of Education have made head-way in resolving the strike, but
the final involvement of the President is to show ASUU that there is the
commitment of the Federal Government at the highest level.
It was learnt that the President has been fully briefed on steps
taken by Vice President Namadi Sambo and the Supervising Minister of
Education to get to this point and he will at next Monday’s meeting
present to the ASUU leadership the administration’s last concession for
them to call off the prolonged strike.
A source at the Presidential Villa noted that if ASUU fails
to call off, the Federal Government will then resort to plan B, which
will be to compulsorily open the universities, using the instrumentality
of the governing councils and the school managements.
Already, most of the governing councils of the universities have
started meeting to work out modalities for the compulsory re-opening of
the universities should ASUU fail to honour the personal request of
President Jonathan.
According to report, the Supervising Minister of Education, Barr.
Nyesom Wike and the Vice Chancellors of Public Universities also
discussed the re-opening of the schools last Monday. Most of the Vice Chancellors suggested the compulsory re-opening of the schools, should the last ditch efforts fail.
It was gathered that security report available to the Presidency may
have necessitated this line of action to salvage the universities system
from the direction it is facing at present.
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