Education minister said the issues required a meeting between ASUU and government officials to avert any strike proposed by the union.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have entered into a meeting with the Federal Government over the lingering issues between both parties.
The meeting began at about 4.30pm on Wednesday in the office of the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman.
Also, on the Federal Government’s team is the Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, and other top officials in the ministry.
ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, who led the union’s delegation told reporters that the meeting was to deliberate on lingering issues affecting the universities to avert the planned strike action.
“There are a lot of issues that are outstanding within the system and we believe that before now, they would have been takwn care of.
‘The issues would have been resolved in line with the promise made by President Bola Tinubu and there will not be strike in the university system.
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“We hope that this meeting will be able to resolve some of these issues so that we can move forward as a country as well as our university system,” he said.
Earlier, Mamman said the meeting would provide an opportunity for both parties to rub minds on issues affecting the university system.
Mamman said that ASUU had written to the ministry, detailing a number of issues and concerns affecting the universities and the union.
He said the issues required a meeting between ASUU and government officials to avert any strike proposed by the union.