FG, ASUU resume negotiations

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Wednesday began fresh renegotiation of the 2009 agreement.

This is coming six weeks after ASUU suspended the strike it had declared following the failure of government to meet up with its demands.

Wale Babalakin, the Chairman, Federal Government negotiation team, who addressed newsmen in Abuja, on Wednesday, after a six-hour meeting, said they had a positive discussion and are on the good path for finalizing the negotiation.

He noted that ASUU submitted a timetable with over 20 issues and the issues would all be discussed, to ensure stability in the university system.

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He said that both sides were determined to put an end to the lingering problems in the system.

“We resumed our renegotiation today. The government team and ASUU were appropriately represented and we had positive discussions.

“We are actually hopeful that we are on a positive path to finalising the negotiation.

“There were very hectic discussions on topical issues and both sides had extensive contributions for the benefit of the university system.

“It is the same negotiation, we had interim discussion, that is over now and we are back to where we left off. So it is a continuous negotiation.

“ASUU submitted its timetable today and there are more than 20 issues in that timetable, it is not a single issue, but they will all be discussed,’’ Babalakin said.

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