FG, ASUU Meet Thursday

The Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), will on Thursday meet in Abuja to deliberate on the on-going strike in the nation’s universities.

Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President, said the union had received invitation for the meeting at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Abuja and agreed to honour the invitation.

Prof Ogunyemi said: “Yes, we are in receipt of the invitation by government and will honour it.”

Those expected at tomorrow’s meeting, aside ASUU delegation, include Minister of Education, Minister of Finance, Chairman, National Income Salaries and Wages Commission (NSIWC), Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC) and the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC).

Meanwhile, the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government on Tuesday to resolve the ASUU strike.

The group, threatened violence if the government failed to resolve issues with ASUU to call-off the strike, which is in its third week.