ASUU strike: union seeks to meet with president Goodluck Jonathan again

Nigerian academic staff union of universities (ASUU) rose from a two day national executive council meeting (NEC)  on Saturday in Kano with a resolve to keep quiet until it met with president Goodluck Jonathan.

President Jonathan is due home tonight after attending a submit in London with investors. ASUU's meeting was held at an undisclosed venue, away from the ASUU secretariat. However, a reliable source in the association who spoke on Saturday in Kano said " ASUU has decided to meet with president Goodluck Jonathan before making whatever decision they took during the meeting public". The source added that 60 percent of the members wanted the strike called off while the remaining 40 percent wanted it to continue.

The NEC was billed to hold two weeks ago but was postponed after the death of a former ASUU president, Professor Festus Iyayi in a road accident in lokoja.

ASUU embarked on a national strike that has shutdown all Nigerian's government owned universities since July. The academic wanted government to implement an agreement reached in 2009 that would improve funding for infrastructure in the universities and welfare for the teachers.