Tuesday 22 October 2013

As FG and ASUU Ignore NUT’s Ultimatum To End The Strike, NUT Will Hold NEC Meeting To Come Up With A New Plan

As the ultimatum given but the the Nigeria
Union of Teachers (NUT) to the Federal
Government and the striking public university
lecturers has expired, NUT will hold a National
Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday,
October 24, to decide their next steps. The NUT President, Michael Alogba- Olukoya, made this known in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) in Lagos today. It will be recalled, that NUT had September 26
given a two-week ultimatum to the FG and
ASUU to resolve their differences and end the
strike, or face nationwide strike by NUT
members. NUT then extended the ultimatum following
appeals from “well-meaning
Nigerians”, Alogba-Olukoya said. He, however,
reminded that the extension would end on
Tuesday. “In order not to cry more than the bereaved,
we gave them till October. 22. The NEC
members will meet on Thursday to decide our
next line of action, “he said. It will be recalled, that on Saturday, President
Goodluck Jonathan appealed to ASUU
members to return to the classrooms in the
interest of their students. However, ASUU,
has rejected the request saying that the only
condition that would make university teachers return to the classrooms is if the FG honoured
the 2009 agreement it entered into with them.

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