ASUU Strike Likely To Last For Another Three Months As FG Yet To Reach Agreement

Despite ASUU’s stance on not renegotiating the agreement it entered with the federal government in 2009, the government has constituted a seven-person committee to review the proposed draft of the FGN/ASUU Agreement.

The committee made up of academia from various public institutions in Nigeria, has been given a 3-month deadline to conclude the renegotiations process and submit the reviewed proposed draft agreements.

The committee is chaired by Emeritus Professor Nimi Briggs, pro-Chancellor, Alex Ekweme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Wukari, Arc. Lawrence Patrick Ngbale, representing the North East; Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, Prof. Funmi ToG0nu-Bickersteth, representing South West and Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Lokoja, Senator Chris Adighije, representing South East.

Others are Pro-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof. Olu Obafemi from North-Central; Pro-Chancellor, Kano State University of Science & Technology, Prof. Zubairu Iliyasu, representing North West; and Pro-Chancellor, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Mathew Seiyefa from South-South.