In a last ditch effort to resolve the ASUU
strike, President Goodluck Jonathan will on
Monday, November 4, meet with the
leadership of ASUU at the Presidential Villa.
This was part of the resolutions of the meeting
between the ASUU leadership, Vice President
Namadi Sambo and the Supervising Minister of
Education on Tuesday as was first reported by this
medium.
An official of the Vice President’s office who
pleaded anonymity said that all hands are
now on deck to ensure that the universities
resume next week.
The official stated that the Vice President and the
Supervising Minister of Education have made head-
way in resolving the strike, but the final
involvement of the President is to show ASUU that
there is the commitment of the Federal
Government at the highest level.
It was learnt that the President has been fully
briefed on steps taken by Vice President Namadi
Sambo and the Supervising Minister of Education
to get to this point and he will at next Monday’s
meeting present to the ASUU leadership the
administration’s last concession for them to call off
the prolonged strike.
A source at the Presidential Villa noted that
if ASUU fails to call off, the Federal
Government will then resort to plan B, which
will be to compulsorily open the universities,
using the instrumentality of the governing
councils and the school managements.
Already, most of the governing councils of the
universities have started meeting to work out
modalities for the compulsory re-opening of the
universities should ASUU fail to honour the
personal request of President Jonathan.
According to report, the Supervising Minister of
Education, Barr. Nyesom Wike and the Vice
Chancellors of Public Universities also discussed
the re-opening of the schools last Monday. Most of
the Vice Chancellors suggested the
compulsory re-opening of the schools,
should the last ditch efforts fail.
It was gathered that security report available to the
Presidency may have necessitated this line of
action to salvage the universities system from the
direction it is facing at present.



www.informationng.com/2013/11/ASUU-strike-nigeria-universities-to-open-next-week-with-or-without-ASUU.html

Who'll lecture students if d lecturers refuse to resume?

It's not just about opening the universities federal government should also ensure it does the NEEDFUL.

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https://www.nairaland.com/1500835/nigerian-varsities-open-next-week#19233169