Updates From President Jonathan & ASUU Meeting

The Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU)
will meet with President Goodluck Jonathan
later
Monday afternoon at 2pm.
The leadership of ASUU are currently
meeting with
the Senate President, David Mark and some
other
legislative officials at the National
Assembly.
In preparation to the meeting which is
meant to
find a lasting solution to the ongoing strike
action
which has kept students home for four
months
now, the President held a closed door
meeting
with the supervising minister of education.
The ASUU team is expected to proceed to
the villa
after the meeting at the National Assembly.
More details later....
http://www.mediapostng.com/2013/11/
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Jonathan in make-or-mar meeting with
ASUU
President Goodluck Jonathan is currently
locked in a closed-door make-or-mar
meeting with striking members of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities inside
the First Lady Conference Room,
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The President is being joined at the
meeting that started at 2.40pm by Vice
President Namadi Sambo; Minister of
Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Secretary
to the Government of the Federation, Pius
Anyim; Supervising Minister of Education,
Nyesom Wike; and Minister of Labour,
Emeka Wogu among others.
ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Isa Faggae, led
the union team which included past
presidents such as Prof. Abdulahi Sule-
Kano, Prof. Dipo Fashina and Prof. Festus
Iyayi.
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress,
Abdulawahid Omar and that of the Trade.
Union Congress, Bobboi Kaigama, are also
in attendance.
Indication that the logjam may be resolved
at the meeting emerged when the President
declared while shaking hands with
members of the delegation that, “The
matter must be resolved here today. Our
children must go back to school.”
All those in attendance responded with a
loud “amen.”
http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-
in-make-or-mar-meeting-with-ASUU/
The ongoing meeting between President
Goodluck
Jonathan and the leaders of the Academic
Staff Union
of Universities, ASUU, is on a 15 minutes
break.
The break commenced at about 6:30 p.m at
the
presidential villa, Abuja, venue of the
meeting.
The meeting is the first between the striking
lecturers
and Mr. Jonathan since the nationwide
strike started
on July 1.
The lecturers were seen meeting among
themselves in
their bus during the break.
Details later…
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