FG, ASUU in closed door meeting over strike

The Federal government on Tuesday engaged in a secret meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Abuja in an apparent move to resolve the protracted strike by the university lecturers.

The Supervising Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike and the ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Fagge refused to speak to journalists after the meeting which lasted about an hour.

At the meeting were the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie; the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Isaac Adewole and a few national officers of the union.

Also, Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Tuesday met briefly with stakeholders in the nation's education sector.

The stakeholders were led to the meeting which was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja by Wike.

Other members of the delegation included Okojie and Adewole.

At the end of the brief session, none of the participants agreed to speak with journalists when approached.

Other members of the team who came out of the venue of the meeting a few minutes before Wike came out had claimed that the minister would address journalists.

But Wike refused to answer questions when he emerged from the Vice President's office.

He joined other members of the team in a brief consultation at the forecourt of the Presidential Villa before he hurriedly jumped into his waiting car.

No official statement was also issued by the Vice President's office on the meeting. - Punch.