KANO – The leadership of the Academic Staff Union
of Universities, ASUU, National Executive Council,
weekend, met in Kano. The secret meeting,Vanguard
gathered lasted from Friday night to Saturday
morning.
However, at the end of the meeting, lecturers were
not forthcoming with the outcome, which sources say
was borne out of the promise made to President
Goodluck Jonathan during his intervention by the
union to inform the president of their decision before
going public.
It was learnt that the NEC meeting which attracted
‘fair representation’ from over 50 universities was
held at Mambayya House. Vanguard gathered
lecturers were divided on the issue of suspension of
the over 5months strike.
The Universities lecturers were conveyed to the venue
of the secret meeting in two Coaster buses, secured
by the union’s Kano chapter, in order to avoid the
attention of the press and public.
A competent source close to ASUU told Vanguard in
Kano that “we still have 40 – 60 percent situations
here after the meeting; the resolution from the north
favours the call off while their peers from the South
strongly support the continuation of the strike”.
The source further revealed that “however , we were
able to take a middle course that would be pleasant to
Nigerians, but that will not be discussed now at the
public domain until we meet Mr. President in line
with our last discussion”.
Effort to reach Dr Nasiru Fagge, the national
President of ASUU was abortive as he failed to pick
up calls
