The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reached a new agreement with the federal government following the meeting with the leadership of the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
Present in the meeting at the National Assembly in Abuja, was the President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, and some members, the Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Opiah, who represented the federal government.
Disclosing the details reached after the meeting, the speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, who chaired the meeting said an agreement was brokered between the parties involved.
He said the lawmakers will present the agreement to president Buhari upon his arrival from the United Nations General Assembly meeting at the UN, while ASUU will convey same message to its members.
He said, “There were basically seven areas where ASUU has presented what we considered to be requisition for them to go back to strike. We have looked at the seven areas, we have more or less agreed on certain things.
“Once that is done, the leadership of this house will await the return of Mr President from the ongoing General Assembly. We will meet with Mr President. We will lay the agreement reached by the legislative arm of government. I am hopeful that Mr President will buy into the agreement and with that, I believe that this matter will be speedily brought to a close.”
Meanwhile, ASUU president Emmanuel Osodeke expressed optimism about the development saying the strike will be resolved soon.
