The House of Representatives and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) discussed the lecturers’ ongoing strike at a meeting on Monday.
The House leadership, led by Femi Gbajabiamila, and the lecturers, led by ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke, first met behind closed doors for around 30 minutes before holding a second meeting in front of the cameras.
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Recall that over the past few weeks, the House has served as a venue for meetings between the government and the academics on strike.
At the end of the meeting, Osodeke said;
We met briefly in the Speaker’s office and looked at all the issues. He has briefed us. We have taken note of what they have covered. As you know, in my union, we operate bottom-up; we don’t take decisions on their behalf without taking their consent,” he said.
We have agreed that between now and tomorrow, we are going to get some documentation – signed— that we can take to our members. We will do that as quickly as possible in the interest of all of us, Nigerians and the students so that this thing can be resolved as quickly as possible.
From what we have seen today, for the first time since our action started, we are seeing light at the end of the tunnel, because this is the first time we are having a such thing as an attempt by anybody or group to create something that will also make us run into anything again. We do hope that this will be the final in the interest of our children.
