A meeting called by the Senate to resolve the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities ended in stalemate on Monday.
The two sides- Federal Government and ASUU- failed to agree on earned allowances for lecturers even though the meeting lasted for eight hours.
The lecturers had complained about the failure of the government to implement terms of the 2009 and 2013 agreements.
The ongoing warning strike ends on Wednesday but there are fears that the lecturers may proceed on an indefinite strike.
According to the chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFund, Jibrin Barau, (APC Senator representing Kano South)
Monday’s meeting with the union resolved all issues except earned allowances.
“You can see that we’ve been talking for about eight hours.
“We have deliberated and, thanks to God, we have resolved all the issues; we have agreed on all issues except one.
“It is about the earned allowances that need to be paid to the university lecturers. The government, due to paucity of fund, proposed a certain amount of money but ASUU thought otherwise; that the money was quite inadequate. The union said it was going back to its members, make consultations and get back to us. We do hope they will come back with good news.”
He however could not say when the next meeting to resolve pending issues would hold.
“Every section in this meeting will go back to their base or constituency and report what transpired and at a later date reconvene to trash out the remaining issues,” Mr. Barau said.
While declaring the warning strike, ASUU president, Biodun Ogunyemi, said at the University of Abuja on Monday, “Many aspects of the 2013 MoU and the 2009 agreement with the Federal Government have either been unimplemented or despairingly handled.
“The agreements are: Payments of staff entitlements since December 2015, funding of universities for revitalisation, pension, TSA and university autonomy and renegotiation of 2009 Agreement.”
