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The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government(FG) ended in a deadlock on Tuesday evening.
The FG’s team was headed by Professor Nimi Briggs, while ASUU president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, led the union’s team. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, was also in attendance.
According to sources, the government’s team met with the representatives of ASUU at the headquarters of the National Universities Commission.
Speaking on what transpired at the meeting, a member of ASUU National Executive Committee, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the government was “unserious” with the negotiations.
“They are not serious. I can’t go over the details with you because the president is responsible for disseminating the information. The proposal presented was unreasonable. There is no hope in sight.There was no new offer on the table, they simply begged us to call off the strike,” he said.
ASUU president, Osodeke while speaking to newsmen, said: ‘‘It wasn’t good.We didn’t sign anything; they did not come with anything good. I can’t go into details. We will talk to our members first before we talk to the press. We represent our members.”
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Dr Ben Goong, said the Minister of Education, Adamu, would brief the press on Thursday.
ASUU embarked on strike on February 14,2022, following the failure of the government to meet some of the lingering demands of the union.