ASUU President Insist the Public will Know their Final Say on Thursday

ASUU President Insist the Public will Know their Final Say on Thursday.

The National President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said he was not in a position to say if the strike would end today or tomorrow because the leadership of the union was still awaiting the decision of its members at state levels.

 He explained that it was true that the union and the Federal Government had agreed on some “non-contentious” items of the agreement.

 Ogunyemi said, “I cannot tell you if the strike will end on Thursday or not. It is what our members tell us. ASUU president doesn’t have the final say on that.

 “Government has given us what it can give us and we have sent it back to our members. We are waiting for their response.

 “We have discussed all the areas and government has told us the last thing they could do. That thing they could do has now been committed in writing. We have that written position of government. We have looked at it and we promised them that we will take it to our members as a written document.”

He added, “We are expecting our members to consider and get back to us with our own final statement too. That is the progress that we have made. Government has given its own final statement. ASUU will make its own final statement known before the end of the week.

 “There are those that are not contentious. We have commended government for facilitating the release of NUPEMCO licence, which is our PFA. They have largely paid the shortfall and there are one or two things that are still outstanding with that. But like I said, I cannot tell you the details until I hear from our members.”