The second meeting between the Senate and the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), in one week has ended in another stalemate.
According to media report, the 8-hour meeting ended at 8: 32 on Monday in a deadlock. The Senate had offered to mediate after ASUU declared a one week strike exactly one week ago due to a series of promises that have not been fulfilled by the Federal Government.
Addressing Journalists after the meeting, Chairman Senate Committee on Tertiary Education, Senator Jibrin Barau, APC, Kano North said that both parties agreed with some of the issues raised, except one that had to do with their earned allowances, adding that they (ASUU) were going to make consultations with their members on the way forward.
Barau said:
“You can see we have spent about 8 hours in this very important meeting. We have deliberated and thank God we have dealt with all the issues and we have agreed in all the issues except one.”
“We have adjourned to make consultations, every sections of the meeting will get back to his constituency and report to it what transpired. At a later that we will reconvene to thrash out the remaining issues.”
