By Adedoyin Falolu
The Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) had on Tuesday resumed negotiations over the ongoing strike embarked upon by the lecturers over Nine months ago.
The two parties converged for a new meeting in Abuja on Tuesday to resolve the ongoing strike.
The FG’s team was led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, while the lecturers were led into the meeting by their president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi.
The two parties had met last Thursday for over five hours but the resolutions of the parley were not made public.
The Federal Government after several consultations with ASUU promised N40billion as the Earned Allowance and N30bn for the revitalization of the university system bringing the total payments to N70bn while it also promised to pay the arrears of salaries to the lecturers.
The union, in turn, pledged to present the offer to its organs and get back to the government on their decision.
ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi was quoted in an interview on Monday that the Union would make its decision known on Wednesday.
“I will address that matter on Wednesday. There is nothing I can say now. We are concluding our consultation by Tuesday. I have been telling all journalists that I won’t say anything until Wednesday. Whatever Ngige says, I’m not saying anything. We are reviewing the situation.”, said Ogunyemi.