Again, ASUU-FG negotiations fail

 Once again, the negotiations which was supposed to put an end to the ongoing strike by university lecturers through out the country has ended in a deadlock.

The president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Biodun Ogunyemi, was seen with a drawn face leaving the venue as he declined to make any comments regarding the proceedings of the meeting. There were insinuations of a walkout staged by members of the varsity representatives.

But the minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, denied any walkout, stating thus: “we held the meeting and we even broke into an executive session and we discussed. We have already agreed on implementation and we have given ourselves some work plan”.  

He inferred that the meeting was still in progress and expressed hope that things would pan out well.



Hmmmm. I think there should be a meeting ground on both sides, with each side willing to make reasonable compromises. Two elephants are fighting. the grass is suffering!