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       FG/Asuu Faceoff: Negotiations continuesmonday 19th
       By: Ebenezer Date: August 15, 2013, 1:56 am
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       A common ground is yet to be reached
       between the Academic Staff Union of
       Universities (ASUU) and the Federal
       Government as negotiations towards calling
       off the ongoing ASUU strike action will
       continue on Monday.
       The Chairman of the Universities Needs
       Implementation Committee and Benue State
       Governor, Gabriel Suswam made this known
       to newsmen in Abuja ON Tuesday after a
       three-hour meeting between ASUU and the
       government team.
       According to him, the grey areas would
       soon be resolved going by the progress
       made so far.
       He said “Well the meeting continues next
       week Monday. We made some progress, we
       had very fruitful discussion with ASUU and
       we have agreed we are to meet again on
       Monday at about three o’clock. When we
       meet again we will be able to arrive at some
       decisions.”
       Reminded that he had made same promise
       last week, before, Suswam said “No, I said
       between one and two weeks. There is
       nothing wrong; you know we introduced
       some new faces, the minister of finance; you
       agree with me she is attending the
       meeting for the first time and also the
       Director General Budget. Now that Finance is
       coming, we are getting close to resolving it
       because the strike is about settling some
       debts and also intervening in the
       universities and so she is here and she also
       has contributed.”
       “We believe that when we meet next week
       Monday with ASUU we would have moved
       from where we are to the next stage. I can
       assure Nigerians that the President has
       taken this seriously as you can see the
       Minister of Finance and two ministers of
       education, Distinguished Senator, DG
       Budget, Minister of Labour, every person
       who should be here is here to show
       concern.”
       He went on: “I have spent so much time as
       governor being part of this which shows
       the seriousness which the President
       attaches to what is happening in the
       education sector. As I leave here, we are
       going to the second meeting which is on
       the Needs Assessment. We want to make
       sure that we solve this problem so we are
       holding meetings round the clock.”
       “We are making progress in the
       negotiations and we hope that we will be
       able to solve this problem soonest. The
       stage that we are now we are hoping that
       when we meet next week, we should be
       able to conclude on the discussion.”
       “The fact that we were unable to conclude
       today does not mean that the meeting is
       deadlocked; very fruitful meeting and I
       believe that when we meet next week, we
       will arrive at some conclusion. That is what I
       can tell you.” He stated.
       The ASUU President, Comrade Nasir Isa
       Fagge, however, declined to comment on
       the agreements so far reached at the
       closed door meeting.
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