FG To Meet Vice Chancellors, Pro-Chancellors Over ASUU Strike

The Muhammadu Buhari-led government has scheduled a meeting with the Vice-Chancellors, Pro-chancellors, and management of Federal Universities over the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike.

The Deputy Executive Secretary of Administration of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki, made this known in a letter on Tuesday.

Maiyaki said the meeting, which will take place on September 6, 2023, at the NUC Secretariat in Abuja, is with the Honourable Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.

He said the meeting is to brief the Governing Councils and the management of the universities on decisions and actions that have been taken by the federal government as regards the strike and to review the current situation.

The letter reads: “As the Pro-Chancellors and Chairmen of Councils and the Vice-Chancellors are quite aware the industrial action by university-based unions has led to the closure of the institutions since February 2022.

“You are also aware that the non-teaching unions have suspended their industrial actions with effect from August 24, 2022, while a final decision is being awaited from ASUU.

“It has become necessary for the Governing Councils and the management of the universities to be briefed on the decisions and actions taken by the Federal Government so far to allow for a well-coordinated review of the situation including building consensus around succeeding actions.

“Consequently, I am to invite the Pro-Chancellors & Chairmen of Councils as well as Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities to a special interactive meeting with the Honourable Minister of Education on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.”

Naija News recalls that ASUU announced its resolve to convert the roll-over strike it had embarked on since February to an indefinite strike.

In a statement on Monday, ASUU president, Emmanuel Osodeke, said the purpose of its strike is to save public universities from dying.