However, no end in sight to the ongoing strike. The president of the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said that the union are yet to hear from the government even after meeting with the negotiation committee head by Prof. Nimi Briggs.
The committee is expected to review the draft proposed 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement and renegotiate with all the striking unions.
Since April 2022, the Briggs renegotiation committee had been meeting with the unions to address the thorny issues in the 2009 agreement.
Osodeke in an interview said they are yet to hear from the Federal Government on the report of meetings held so far.
He said: “Since our meeting with the Briggs committee, the government has not called us for any feedback. All the committee told us was that they are waiting for their principal to respond, that once the Federal Government responds, they will get back to us.”
He also said that they had not gotten the invitation for another meeting and nothing is happening for now.
He, however, lamented that this was the situation since May 2021, “the same way they told us they were waiting for the FG and yet no result.”