The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has
postponed its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting,
which was supposed to hold today, due to the loss of
one of the prominent members of the union, Professor
Festus Iyayi, who died in an auto crash on Lokoja-Abuja
Expressway, on his way to the Kano, yesterday, for the
union’s meeting.
National President, ASUU, Dr. Nasiru Fagge told reporters
in Kano that “we are compelled to postponed this meeting
in the light of the sudden death of one of our strongest
pillar who died yesterday”
Dr. Nasiru Fagge said that “as you can see for yourself,
we are mourning the departure of this great scholar and
you would agree with me that in this circumstance we
cannot look at issues objectively”.
Dr. Fagge described his late colleague as a ‘strong pillar of
the union’, stressing that “this is great loss to the entire
country”. The decision to call off or continue the four months old
strike embarked upon by the University lecturers was
expected to be made at the meeting which would have
held today but for Iyayi’s death.
The union called for the meeting after fresh negotiations
with the president, where the government was said to
have shown commitment to ending the strike by
improving on earlier offers.
The meeting will now hold on January 15 2014.
Wonder why no arrests has been made so far ??
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