Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has hinted of a possible resolution of the areas of conflict it has with the Federal Government.
Gatekeepers News reports that the union made this known on Tuesday after an intensive closed-door meeting.
The president of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, who declined elaborate comment on their conclusions, said his team would report to the members on the government’s proposals and later revert to the government.
But the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, said both parties agreed on a lot of things, and that ASUU was expected to “talk to its members, show them the proposal that has been offered by the government so that they can call off the strike”.
Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) and revitalisation fund for universities were the two items on the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting.
Mr Ngige said although most of ASUU’s demands are being dealt with, the remaining areas are also being addressed.
“Like I told you the last time, a lot of the items have been dealt with extensively and some of them are work in progress,” he said.
The minister said one of the areas remaining is the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN-ASUU agreement, noting that the ministry of education has set up a committee to look into the submitted report of Munzali Jibril-led renegotiation committee.
Mr Munzali, a professor, took over the negotiation following the resignation of the former chairman of the governing council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Wale Babalakin, as the head of the government team.
He said it is important that allowances requested by ASUU are in tandem with the structure available at the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission.
In six weeks, he said, the committee at the ministry of education “will round off everything and send all”.
