The conciliatory meeting between the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU summoned to end the ongoing strike by the union has adjourned to reconvened next week Monday.
Addressing newsmen at the end of the eight hours meeting in Abuja, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige said the meeting had reached some level of understanding in four areas of ASUU’s demands.
He, however, explained that the only area that the meeting was yet to have an understanding was the university revitalization fund which necessarily needed the input of the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning before a concrete decision would be taken.
Dr Ngige also stated that a technical Committee was also set up to test run the University Transparency and Accountability System, UTAS, a payment platform developed by ASUU to replace IPPIS, describing UTAS as a home-grown innovative system that the present administration encourages.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige expressed confidence that all the grey areas in contention would be addressed for the resumption of academic activities in the nation’s universities after the next meeting.
Meanwhile, members of ASUU executive led by its President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke declined comments on the outcome of the meeting.
Earlier at the opening session of the meeting, Prof. Osodeke had told the meeting that ASUU only wanted the Federal Government to urgently match actions with the terms of understanding it already had and not just to go through another process of renegotiations of the lingering issues.
Joseph Agi
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