Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Femi Gbajabiamila has expressed confidence that the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will be called off in a matter of days.
Gbajabiamila said this after a brief meeting with the President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osokede, and the leadership of the union at the National Assembly on Monday evening.
The meeting was at the instance of the leadership of the House to resolve the ongoing face off between the Federal Government and ASUU.
Osodeke said there is “light at the end of the tunnel” over the lingering strike.
He lauded the House for its intervention in the matter saying, if it had done so since the beginning, the strike would only have lasted for days
Gbajabiamila said President Muhammadu Buhari would make a declaration on the “No Work No Pay” issue, which is a significant area of contention on Tuesday October 11.
He said besides this, the other issues had been taken care of with the Federal Government and ASUU shifting grounds on their positions.
The meeting,which lasted about 15 minutes, was preceded by a closed door session between the Speaker and Osodeke as well as other top officials of ASUU.
The closed door meeting lasted for about 45 minutes.
The Speaker said: “This is a recap to seal the deal on what has been a long fought, long hard road for everybody both for ASUU, the students and the government. As you would recall, some weeks ago the House got involved in this crisis and we had long, tough, intense meetings with ASUU.
“We had meetings with those on the government side and we are happy to report that as the result of the consultation and intervention of the House, very significant progress has been made and we are more or less at the of the road. Save for dotting some “I”s and crossing some “T”s.
