BEVERLY HILLS, September 7, (THEWILL) – An aggrement has been reached following a 12 hour-30 minutes closed door meeting between the delegation of the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The meeting started 1:38pm on Thursday and ended 2:15 a.m. on Friday as ASUU agreed to consider the Federal Government’s offer and suspend its strike.
However, the leadership of ASUU said though it accepted the proposal presented by the government, it will take the proposal to its members and get back to the government in a week.
National President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, told journalists after the meeting that the union will come back after one week to take its final decisions.
“Now we have some concrete proposal that we will take back to our members for consideration,” he said.
On his part, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, confirmed that ASUU’s demands have been addressed and the union will get back to the government in a week after consulting with its members.
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