ASUU STRIKE UPDATE: Nigeria Universities may Re-Open Next Week With Or Without ASUU

Click banner for more info

In a last ditch effort to solve the ASUU strike, President GEJ will on Monday, November 4, meet with the leadership of ASUU at the Presidential Villa.  This is part of the resolutions of the meeting involving the ASUU leadership, Vice President Namadi Sambo and the Supervising Minister of Education on Tuesday as was first reported by this medium.

Continue after the break.

The state of the Vice President's office who pleaded anonymity said that most hands are now actually on deck to ensure the universities resume next week.

The state stated that the Vice President and the Supervising Minister of Education have made head-way in resolving the strike, but the ultimate involvement of the President is to show ASUU that there surely is the commitment of the Federal Government at the best 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 obtain up to now and he'll at next Monday's meeting give the ASUU leadership the administration's last concession to allow them to call off the prolonged strike.
A source at the Presidential Villa noted when ASUU doesn't call off, the Federal Government will likely then resort to plan B, which is to compulsorily open the universities, utilizing the instrumentality of the governing councils and the institution managements.

Already, a lot of the governing councils of the universities have started meeting to work through modalities for the compulsory re-opening of the universities should ASUU neglect to honour the non-public request of President Jonathan.

In accordance with 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. A lot of the Vice Chancellors suggested the compulsory re-opening of the schools, should the final ditch efforts fail.
It was gathered that security report open to the Presidency could have necessitated this distinct action to salvage the universities system from the direction it is facing at present.