The Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and allied institutions have all said they are yet to receive any message after discussing the 2009 agreements with the Federal Government renegotiation committee.
Prof. Nimi Briggs chaired the Federal Government renegotiation committee and is expected to review the draft proposed 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement and renegotiate with all the striking university unions.
Since April 2022, the committee had been meeting with the unions in the universities who are all currently on strike due to unmet demands of the 2009 agreements signed with the FG.
National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke said the Prof. Nimi Briggs Committee told the union they were waiting for the Federal Government to respond to the reports of the meeting they had so far.
‘‘Yes, we had a meeting with them last week and they have not called us again. All they told us was that they are waiting for their principal, that when their principal responds, they will get back to us,’’ he said.
Osodeke said they had not gotten an invitation for another meeting. But lamented that this was the situation since May 2021, ‘‘The same way they told us they were waiting for the FG in May 2021 and yet no result.’’
Similarly, the national president, SSANU, Mr. Ibrahim Mohammed, whose union had a meeting with the renegotiation Committee last week Friday said all that was done were appraisals and reviews, adding that the Briggs committee said they were waiting for their ‘masters’ to respond.
