The proposed meeting between the Federal Government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), earlier scheduled to be held yesterday, has been postponed.
President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, confirmed that the meeting will no longer be held as announced by the Minister of Education on Friday.
Although there was no reason for the postponement, the meeting is now expected to be held on Wednesday (tomorrow).
Public university lecturers under the auspices of the ASUU threatened last week to embark on a nationwide strike over what they described as the Federal Government’s unwillingness to honour the 2009 renegotiated agreement.
The notice is part of the resolutions reached at the union’s national executive council meeting, which was held at the University of Ibadan a weekend before.
ASUU’s demands include welfare matters, funding for universities, and stopping the proliferation of universities nationwide.
The planned meeting was to prevent another ASUU strike.
