The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Tuesday reached an agreement with the House of Representatives on a resolution to the ongoing strike.
The agreement was reached after four hours of meeting with the leadership of the House of Representatives at the National Assembly complex in Abuja.
The agreement reached is expected to be presented to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent, upon his return from the United Nations General Assembly meeting holding in the United States of America.
The ASUU delegation was headed by its President, Emmanuel Osodeke, while the Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Opiah led the federal government team.
Speaking after the closed-door meeting, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila who chaired the meeting stated that some agreements have been reached but fell short of detailing the agreement.
Gbajabiamila said that the House will present the agreement to president Buhari upon his return, while ASUU is to do the same with their members.
He said, “There were basically seven areas where ASUU has presented what we considered to be requisition for them to go back to the classroom. We have looked at the seven areas, we have more or less agreed on certain things.
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“Once that is done, the leadership of this house will await the return of Mr President from the ongoing General Assembly. We will meet with Mr President. We will lay the agreement reached by the legislative arm of government. I am hopeful that Mr President will buy into the agreement and with that, I believe that this matter will be speedily brought to a close.”
As a follow-up, the legislature is scheduled to meet with National Information Technology Development Agency, the Accountant General of the Federation, the Auditor General for the Federation and the National Salaries Incomes and wages Commission on Thursday.
Reacting after the meeting ASUU president expressed optimism that the meeting will bring about a resolution to the strike.
He said, “It is a good development and we are waiting for what they will send to us to commit our members. We hope that within the immediate future, this issue will be resolved.
Source: Dailypost
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