Yinkpeace: ASUU STRIKE: ‘We won’t leave until this strike is called off’ – Jonathan tell ASUU
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, held a long meeting with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
As of the time of going to press around 11.30 p.m, the meeting, which started around 2.45 p.m, was still ongoing.
ASUU, it will be recalled, commenced strike to press home its demands and fulfilment on the part of the government, the agreement they both signed in 2009.
Leaders of the striking ASUU, on Monday, abandoned the cozy conference hall of the First Lady wing of the Presidential Villa, venue of their meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, to meet inside a Toyota bus to consider proposal put before them in a meeting with the president.
They had been locked in the meeting with the president for about three and half hours before emerging, only to hop into the bus parked outside the venue, apparently to have a private discussion that could not be monitored by government agents.
The initial meeting with the president commenced at about 2.45 p.m and lasted till about 6.30 p.m, after which the president left for his residence, while the ASUU leaders walked out of the First Lady’s wing, only to enter the parked bus to continue their deliberation over what had been put before them by the president.
When State House correspondents made attempts to get the lecturers to talk, some of them replied that they would return to continue their discussions with the president.
They did disembark from the bus after about 24 minutes to return to the meeting and were later joined by President Jonathan.
The meeting continued till late in the night.
Before the commencement of the meeting, President Jonathan had, in a lighter mood, told them that all the contending issues must be resolved during the meeting to enable students to go back to school.
While exchanging pleasantries with ASUU president, he said “my president, all the problems will be over today. Our children must go back to school. With you here, we are covered. It is signed, sealed and delivered.”[b][/b]

Toktee: Rubish!which new proposal,is either jonathan honour the signed agreement or nothing,how long it took them to buy two bullet pruf cars,what about the money they are using to sponsor violent in river state,this gvt does nt care a bit the plight of a common man.