The majority of member of the National
Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU) who attended the
two-day NEC Meeting of the union that ended
yesterday in Kano voted to end the five-month-
old strike. A report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
quoted a source as disclosing that 60 per cent of
the members voted to have the strike called off
while the remaining 40 per cent wanted it to
continue. The report said that ASU, however, resolved to
keep mum until it met with President Goodluck
Jonathan, who is due home this night after
attending a meeting of Nigeria’s Honorary
International Investors’ Council in London. The report quoted a reliable source as saying:
“ASUU has decided to meet with President
Jonathan before making whatever decision
they took during the meeting public.” The NEC meeting considered a fresh proposal
by President Jonathan aimed at ending the
ASUU strike which has paralysed activities on
Nigeria’s university campuses since July 1. The
meeting was billed to hold two weeks ago but
was postponed following the death of a former ASUU President, Professor Festus Iyayi, in a road
accident in Lokoja. ASUU embarked on a national strike that has
shut down all Nigeria’s government owned
universities, since July. The academics wanted government to
implement an agreement reached in 2009, that
would improve funding for infrastructure in the
universities and welfare of the teachers.
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