After five
months and some days that the public universities have been on strike, the
Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday
finally signed a fresh agreement.
The fresh
pact is the review of the Federal Government/ASUU 2012 Memorandum of
Understanding reached on the 2009 agreement.
Both
parties, however, refused to reveal the details of the agreement to journalists
who witnessed the signing of the agreement.
The
meeting was almost boycotted by the union until the intervention of
stakeholders. ASUU had on Tuesday vowed not to attend the meeting because there
was no commitment and proper invitation from the government.
The union
had demanded for proof of the payment of the N200bn into a Central Bank of
Nigeria account for public universities, non-victimization clause, review of
the agreement in 2014 and that a representative of government, preferably the
Attorney-General of the Federation to sign the agreement as conditions to call
off the strike which began on July 1.
The union
got three of its demands while it relinquished one to the government. The
Federal Government agreed to present evidence of payment, implement the
non-victimization clause and that the agreement was open to re-negotiation in
2014.
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