FG seeks understanding in meeting ASUU’s demands

The Federal Government has promised to fulfil demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), pleading with the union to understand that it inherited the crises bedevilling the sector.
 

The development comes in the wake of ASUU’s promise to reach out to members in determining whether an industrial action should be called to press home its demand for better welfare.  
   
This was part of the outcome of a meeting between the Federal Government and ASUU on Wednesday night in Abuja. The over two-hour meeting at the Conference Room of the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, who led the Federal Government team, also had the National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, leading the academic union. 
   
Addressing journalists after the meeting, Mamman admitted that although the contending issues were inherited, the government was a continuum, and would ensure the issues were amicably resolved. He, however, stated that both parties have agreed to reconvene on a later date after getting clarity on some of the knotty issues. 
   
Responding, Osodeke said this is the first meeting between the union and the Federal Government since the Bola Tinubu administration assumed office on May 29, 2023.  He, however, noted that none of the 10 contending issues have been resolved. 
   
On whether the union will embark on industrial action, he said: “We are going to brief our members. They will advise us on what to do after that.”