ASUU Strike: Official confirms postponed NEC meeting will hold Today, Friday Nov 22

The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
University, Bauchi, Dr Lawan Abubakar has
debunked media reports that the union had
postponed its National Executive Committee, NEC,
meeting slated for today.
He restated that the leadership of the Union
postponed the scheduled NEC meeting at Bayero
University, Kano, following the demise of Festus Iyayi,
a former President, who died last Tuesday in a motor
accident along the Abuja-Lokoja highway.
A car in the convoy of Kogi State Governor, Idris
Wada, had hit the vehicle conveying the deceased
and some ASUU members, leading to Iyayi's death.
Others injured are presently receiving treatment.
Abubakar who spoke in Bauchi further denied that
the striking lecturers had accepted the over N1trillion
offered by the Federal Government.
"There is no iota of truth in that. What the union is
agitating for is the full implementation of the 2009
agreement and nothing less," he said.
The Union has been on strike since July 1 over the
2009 agreement it reached with the Federal
Government.
Its leadership has said it will deliberate on the
current Federal Government's offer and take a
position after Friday's NEC meeting.