President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke had revealed earlier that the federal government will have a meeting with the union representatives today, June 13.
It should be recalled that Prof Nimi Briggs committee set up by the government to renegotiate the 2009 agreement was expected to end its three months’ timelines given on June 7, 2022.
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However, according to reports, the committee is expected to meet ASUU today, while the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and allied institutions would have their meeting on Friday.
The union’s National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stated:
We are resuming the meeting this week and we have an invitation this week. The renegotiation meeting will only end if we have called off the strike.
Since the strike is still on, the meeting cannot end. We do not have any problem with the committee. When we do, we will communicate with the committee.
Moreover, the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Allied Institutions’ National President, Mr Ibrahim Mohammed, said that SSANU’s meeting would be on Friday.
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“Yes, we are meeting with the FG on Friday,” he said.
SSANU’s strike commenced with a warning strike of two weeks which started on the midnight of March 27, 2021, while the extension of another two weeks commenced on April 10, 2022 and it is still ongoing.
Meanwhile, ASUU commenced its ongoing strike on February 14, 2022, after the Federal Government failed to meet some of its demands including, the release of revitalisation funds for universities, renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement, release of earned allowances for university lecturers, and deployment of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution.
