(MUST READ)Why ASSU Strke might end Next week!!

Hope of an early resolution of the strike embarked on by the public
universities’ lecturers rises as the Vice-President Namadi Sambo met
with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in
Abuja on Thursday.
The meeting held behind closed doors had in attendance the
supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike and the Executive
Secretary of National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie.
The union was led by its National President, Dr. Nasir Faggae, and
two former Presidents of ASUU; Dr. Dipo Fasina and Dr. Abdullahi
Sule-Kano.
Others at the meeting were the Vice-Chancellors of Bayero University
Kano, Prof. Abdulrasheed Abubakar; Prof. Isaac Adewole of the
University of Ibadan; and Prof. Muhammed Hamisu of the Abubakar
Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.
It was however uncertain if yesterday’s discussion was fruitful as the
two parties did not disclose the outcome of the meeting which lasted
for two hours to journalists.
Fagge, however, told State House Correspondents that the union
would make its position known after the National Executive Council
meeting.
Wike assured Nigerians that students would soon return to school as
government was ready to make sure all the contending issues were
resolved as soon as possible.
But a source at the meeting, who pleaded anonymity, however, told
one of our correspondents that going by the new offers made by the
Federal Government, the strike might be called off within the next two
weeks.
This, the source said, was because the Federal Government had
agreed to inject fund to revitalize the university system.
“The meeting went well, the vice-president made some new offers that
were different from what was on ground before. For instance, the
Federal Government had agreed to start the injection of revitalisation
fund into the university system starting with N100bn this year and
N150bn in 2014 and this will continue until the university system is
solid enough to stand.
The source, however, said that the ASUU team promised the vice-
president that the union would make it decision on the strike known
after its NEC meeting unconfirmed source said had been scheduled for
Saturday.
Source Punchng