According to Scan-News, in a last ditch effort to
resolve the ASUU strike, President Goodluck
Jonathan will on Monday, November 4, meet with
the leadership of ASUU at the Presidential Villa.
An official of the Vice President's office who
pleaded anonymity told Scan News that the
President will at next Monday's meeting present to
the ASUU leadership the administration's last
concession for them to call off the prolonged strike.
But if ASUU fails to call off, the Federal
Government will then resort to plan B, which will be
to compulsorily open the universities, using the
instrumentality of the governing councils and the
school managements.
Already, most of the governing councils of the
universities have started meeting to work out
modalities for the compulsory re-opening of the
universities should ASUU fail to honour the
personal request of President Jonathan.
Scan News gathered that the Supervising Minister
of Education, Barr.
Nyesom Wike and the Vice Chancellors of Public
Universities also discussed the re-opening of the
schools last Monday. Most of the Vice Chancellors
suggested the compulsory re-opening of the
schools, should the last ditch efforts fail.
It was gathered that security report available to the
Presidency may have necessitated this line of
action to salvage the universities system from the
direction it is facing at present.
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