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He was said to be on his way to Kano in Kano State where the National Executive Committee of ASUU is scheduled to meet on the ongoing impasse between the union and the Federal Government

Agbo said one of the key indices by which a country that is concerned about its development is measured is the level of attention it pays to its education sector

But after the meeting, both the National President of ASUU, Dr. Isa Fagge, and the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, had no clear cut information for newsmen, who had been waiting since Monday morning for the meeting to commence and end

Though no excuse was offered for asking him to leave, the leadership of ASUU, led by its National President, Dr. Isa Fagge, had been critical of Wike’s roles in the lingering crisis, even when he was the Minister of State for Education

Prior to the meeting with Jonathan, the ASUU team had met with the leadership of the Senate, led by the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark

The Eagle Online gathered it was preliminary talks ahead of the scheduled meeting with ASUU officials later in the day

Okonjo-Iweala said ASUU has introduced lies and politics into its strike, which is in its fourth month.
She said the union has been distributing flyers riddled with lies in mosques in the North

Speaking on Saturday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Ribadu opined that the logjam created by the industrial action may deprive the country of the needed quality manpower as students rust away at home

It was the second time members of the association would besiege the bridge head to cause commotion over their plight

Abdulsalami said the striking lecturers had made their points and therefore should end the strike

The teachers are insisting on the 2009 agreement, which they say President Goodluck Jonathan was part of

Abubakar maintained that the strike by the university lecturers, now in its fourth month, had caused a lot of hardships to the students and their parents

Odimegwu said that the argument by government that there was no money was untenable because the government budgeted and spent more on issues that were not as important as education

Governors Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, Sulivan Chime of Enugu State and Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe State were honoured at the ceremony for their invaluable contributions to the advancement of the nation

The union had after its National Executive Council meeting in Abuja on September 26 threatened to join the Academic Staff Union of Universities in a solidarity strike

Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said this at a meeting with Pro-Chancellors and Vice Chancellors of Public Universities

Fagge made the declaration while addressing newsmen at the University of Lagos on the latest development on the strike

Okolie, the immediate past chairman of the union in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Nsukka, Enugu State on Friday that the government should not allow a total collapse of tertiary education in the country

Osuagwu appealed to students, parents and guardians to bear with the union, pointing out that it was pursuing a worthy course to improve the university system in the country

Suswan explained that after many hours of deliberation, the meeting agreed on major issues except the two