President Goodluck Jonathan is currently
locked in a closed-door make-or-mar meeting with striking members of
the Academic Staff Union of Universities inside the First Lady
Conference Room, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The President is being joined at the meeting that started at 2.40pm
by Vice President Namadi Sambo; Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius
Anyim; Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike; and Minister of
Labour, Emeka Wogu among others. ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Isa Faggae, led the union team which
included past presidents such as Prof. Abdulahi Sule-Kano, Prof. Dipo
Fashina and Prof. Festus Iyayi.
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Abdulawahid Omar and that
of the Trade. Union Congress, Bobboi Kaigama, are also in attendance.
Indication that the logjam may be resolved at the meeting emerged
when the President declared while shaking hands with members of the
delegation that, “The matter must be resolved here today. Our children
must go back to school.” The Meeting is still on...More Details Later
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