The second meeting between the Senate
and the Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASSU) has ended in deadlockon Monday
night, November 21.
The 8 hour-meeting that was convoked
to put an end to an ongoing strike of
education workers and find solutions to a
number of related issues seem to be ended
without any particular results.
Senator Jibrin Barau, the chairman of the
Senate committee on tertiary education and
TETFund, said: “You can see we have spent
about 8 hours in this very important meeting.
We have deliberated and, thanks to God, we
have dealt with all the issues and we have
agreed on all the issues except one.
We have adjourned to make consultations,
every sections of the meeting will get back to
his constituency and report to it what
transpired.
At a later date we will reconvene to thrash out
the remaining issues.”
The last unresolved issued turned to be
unpaid salaries and allowances of the
Lecturers .
Mr Barau added: “It is about the earned
allowances that need to be paid to the
university lecturers.
The government, due to paucity of fund,
proposed a certain amount of money but
ASUU founn the sum was quite inadequate.
The union said it was going back to its
members, make consultations and get back to
us. We do hope they will come back with
good news.”
The meeting was adjourned indefinitely.
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