ASUU Strike: We’ve Seen Light At The End Of The Tunnel: ASUU Chairman

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has hailed the House of Representatives for its intervention in the protracted crisis between university lecturers and the Federal Government.

The President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said, “For the first time, we have seen light at the end of the tunnel.”

This is just as the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, who briefs the leadership of ASUU about his meetings with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the crisis, said he expected that the strike would be called off “in a matter of days.

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This is coming at the same time, the counsel for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Femi Falana, on Monday hinted that his clients were ready to call off the strike.

In a terse message to our newsmen, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria also called on the Federal Government to fast-track and finalise its negotiations with ASUU.

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He expressed confidence that the meeting between the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the presidency over the matter, would yield positive results.

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