Good News to Nigerian Students as President Buhari Finally Meets Pro-Chancellors
- President Buhari has promised to consult wide after he was visited by Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities
- Specifically, Buhari promised to engage in further consultations with relevant stakeholders towards ending the protracted strike
- The pro-chancellors during their visit called on the federal government to add more money to lecturers' salary increment
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The seven-month Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike might likely end soon following President Muhammadu Buhari's intervention.
The president who received the committee of pro-chancellors of federal universities, at the state house in Abuja promised to consult with relevant stakeholders and revert back to the committee.
He said:
“I will make further consultations, and I’ll get back to you."
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According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the president promised to engage in further consultations with relevant stakeholders towards ending the protracted strike by university lecturers.
The statement is titled ‘ASUU Strike: President Buhari meets with pro-chancellors of varsities, promises further consultations.’
The Pro-Chancellors were led to the meeting by Professor Nimi Briggs, who said they had come to meet with the President in three capacities: “As President and Commander-in-Chief, as father of the nation, and as Visitor to the Federal universities.”
Citing the recent listing of the University of Ibadan among the first 1,000 universities in the world, Briggs noted that “the future of the university system in the country is good,” despite the seven-month industrial action.
Prof Briggs commended the federal government for concessions already made to the striking lecturers, including the offer to raise salaries by 23.5 percent across board, and 35 percent for Professors.
He, however, asked for “further inching up of the salary, in view of the economic situation of the country”.
ASUU strike: Prominent Osun monarch meets protesting students, appeals to FG to resolve crisis
Meanwhile, the Olowu of Kuta, HRM Oba Adekunle Makama oyeludeTegbosun III has appealed to the federal government to resolve the lingering crisis involving it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) without further delay.
Legit.ng reports that the monarch made the appeal on Tuesday, September 13, when his convoy ran into the roadblock mounted by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on the Lagos/Ibadan expressway protesting about the 6-month-old strike.
Oba Adekunle, who addressed the students, urged them to open the expressway to ensure the free flow of traffic and promised to take up the issue with the authorities concerned.
Source: Legit.ng
