The House of Representatives has invited some top government officials to a meeting with a view to resolving the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The Speaker of the House of Reps, Femi Gbajabiamila, made this known after five hours closed-door meeting between the leadership of the House and ASUU in Abuja on Tuesday.
Those invited are the Accountant-General of the Federation, the Auditor-General of the Federation, the Director-General of National Information Development Agency (NITDA), and his counterpart in National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission.
The Speaker said the government officials are to appear on Thursday to finalise negotiations for onward presentation of agreement to President Muhammadu Buhari for approval and implementation.
He stated that meaningful progress has been made, saying the House was out to interface directly with ASUU as an independent arm of government to find out what solution can be offered.
Gbajabiamila said: “Based on our deliberations, we are very hopeful that there is light at the end of the tunnel and we thank ASUU for making this time out for the interest of our students.
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“There are principally seven areas ASUU has put forward as conditions for them to go back to class and we have looked at those areas and agreed on certain things.
“In pursuance to finalise the meeting, we have asked that NITDA, Accountant-General of the Federation, Auditor-General of the Federation, Salaries and Wages Commission be invited to meet with the leadership on Thursday.
“Once that is done, the leadership of this House will await the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from the ongoing United Nations General Assembly.
“We will meet with Mr President and lay before him the agreements we have reached and we are hopeful that Mr President will buy into the agreement and with that, this matter will be speedily brought to a close.”
In his remarks, the ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, appreciated the Gbajabiamila for intervening in the ongoing strike.
He described the interventions as a good development, saying the union will wait for the outcome of the meeting with the top government functionaries.
Osodeke said following the impact of the meeting held with the Speaker, he was hopeful that within the immediate future, the issues will be resolved.
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