Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
will today meet at the Federal University of
Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger State, to
decide on when to resume classes.
All chairmen of local chapters of the union,
the zonal coordinators and past leaders have
been invited for the meeting.
The lecturers, it was learnt, may also use the
session to design how to cover the lost
grounds for students.
The Federal Government and ASUU reached a
compromise during a negotiation brokered by
the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress
(NLC) Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar.
A source said: "We have been communicated
that ASUU may likely hold a National Executive
Council (NEC) meeting on Monday at FUT
Minna to take a final decision on the strike
action.
"The meeting is going to be a formality because
ASUU leadership has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Federal Government.
"ASUU's National President Dr. Nasir Fagge said
the union's NEC would meet and revert to the
Federal Government within a week.
"We will use the meeting to make the MoU
available to all the branches and design
modalities for monitoring the implementation
of the agreement.
"The union will also design ways to cover up
for missed lectures by students in such a
manner that it would not affect academic
standards in all universities."
The source noted that the NEC meeting was
required, in line with the constitution of the
union, because Dr Fagge could not unilaterally
call off the strike.
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