ASUU strike: “I won’t tell you the outcome of our meeting with Jonathan” – Union President

After a marathon meeting that lasted for
over 13 hours, the leadership of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities,
ASUU, said they would now go and inform
their protesting members on the details
of the deliberations. The Chairman of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge,
told newsmen at the early hours of
Tuesday that the leaders would take
President Jonathan’s message back to
other members of the union for a
resolution. A visibly elated Fagge, who was spotted
smiling while emerging from the meeting
venue at about 3.35 a.m. failed to give
details of the meeting. He said, “Well, we have had a lengthy
meeting with Mr. President, rubbing
minds on how best to address the
problem of University education in this
country. “And we now have a
message from Mr.
President, that we are taking to our
members. And we are expecting that our
members will respond appropriately to
the message of Mr. President.” On whether the lecturers will call off the
strike, he said: “That is up to our
members.” After been asked what the message was,
he said, “I can’t tell you. It’s not for you. It
is for our members.” When prodded further on whether he was
impressed by the message, he said:
“Don’t put words into my mouth. Our
members will determine that.” Similarly, Labour Minister, Emeka Wogu,
told newsmen that what was discussed
did not go beyond the 2009 agreement.