ASUU holds NEC meeting tomorrow in Minna

This might be the long awaited meeting …….The stage is set for the striking Academic Staff Union
of Universities (ASUU) to call off the over five
month old strike as the National Executive Committee
(NEC) of the union holds a crucial in Minna today
(Monday) to rectify the Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) signed with the federal
government.
The meeting which is being hosted by Federal
University of Technology (FUT) Minna branch of
the union was in fulfillment of the one week promised by
ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Isa Fagge last
Wednesday after the signing of the MoU with the
federal government that members will meet to decide to
call off the strike.
Like the last ASUU NEC meeting in Kano that was
shrouded in high secrecy, the venue of today’s meeting
is kept to only members of NEC, as the meeting may
not be holding in either Bosso or Gida Kwano
campuses of the University.
The agenda of the NEC meeting was also not made
public, but a source within the union said that the
meeting will among other things consider the MoU,
the leadership will present documents to show
government’s commitment, assess the impact of the
industrial action and map out strategies on how to
monitor and ensure implementation of the documented
agreement.
A NEC member who spoke with our correspondent
in confidence said, “we are here essentially to look into
the MoU as ASUU President promised last
Wednesday that members will review the development
and decide to call off the strike. The meeting will also
fashion out strategies for monitoring the implementation
of the MoU”.
Asked if the meeting will be calling off the strike, our
source said, “I may not be able to answer that but my
thinking which is personal is that, if our leaders could
sign the MoU with government last week, I think we
are close to a truce”.
ASUU President had on Wednesday also gave hint
of possible cessation of the action. According to
Fagge after signing the MoU, “Within one week our
members will meet and decide to call off the strike. We
have a document here which shows that government is
committed and all the things we demanded are in the
letter.
“We will now take this document to our members and
we are confident that our members will do the
appropriate thing”.
Efforts to reach ASUU President and the FUT
Minna branch chairperson, Dr. Abdulfatai Jimoh
failed. None of them could be reached for comment, but
as at the time of filling the report yesterday about 30
members of the NEC were already in Minna for the
meeting.
Federal government on Wednesday shifted from its
hardline to sign an MoU at a meeting brokered by
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to implement
decision reached with President Goodluck Jonathan
during the historic 15 hour meeting with the union
leaders.
Lecturers in all publicly owned universities embarked on
an indefinite strike on the 2nd of July, following the
refusal of federal government to fulfill the 2009
agreement it had with the union and non-implementation
of 2012 Mou.
The action that was climaxed when federal government
gave a December 4 ultimatum for the striking teachers
to return to classrooms or face mass sack.
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