ASUU Strike:- Nigerians Disappointed As Jonathan Fails To Keep Promise, Strike Continues Many Nigerians were yesterday night disappointed after waiting for hours to know the outcome of the marathon meeting between the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the federal government over the ongoing strike by the union. Hope beamed at the inception of the meeting with Jonathan’s earlier assertion that, “the strike will end today,” but was eventually dashed as at 9.44 p.m when reverse became the case. Newsmen and expectant Nigerians at the First Lady’s Wing of the Presidential Villa, Abuja venue of the meeting decided to go home around 10p.m while the meeting tarried without headway. Report however says that both ASUU and the federal government’s representatives refused to divulge the outcome of the meeting when it was finally over, leaving reporters and other expectant Nigerians to merely speculate. Naijaloaded reported that those representing the Federal Government delegation, apart from President Jonathan include, the Vice President, Architect Namadi Sambo; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim; Jonathan’s Chief of Staff, Chief Mike Oghiadome; the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike; the Minister of Labour, Chief Emeka Wogu; and the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie, while the ASUU side was led by its President, Dr. Isa Fagge, Dr. Dipo Fasina; the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Abdulwaheed Omar; Prof. Festus Iyayi; Prof. Suleiman Abdul; and Prof. Abdullahi Sule-Kano. Torka Longo, a Mass Communication student of the Benue State University, Makurdi told our correspondent that the strike is really weighing him down. “I have been at home doing nothing ...
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:50:28 +0000
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