ASUU May Resume Next Week, Meet Jonathan Monday, 4th Nov

"An official of the Vice President's office who pleaded anonymity told Scan News that all hands are now on deck to ensure that the universities resume next week."
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Monday, November 4, meet with the leadership of ASUUat the Presidential Villa.
This was part of the resolutions of the meeting between the ASUUleadership, Vice President Namadi Sambo and the Supervising Minister of educationon Tuesday as was first reported by this medium.
An official of the Vice President's office who pleaded anonymity told Scan News that all hands are now on deck to ensure that the Universitiesresume next week.
The official stated that the Vice President and the Supervising Minister of educationhave made head-way in resolving the strike, but the final involvement of the President is to show ASUUthat there is the commitment of the Federal Government at the highest level.
The President has been fully briefed on steps taken by Vice President Namadi Sambo and the Supervising Minister of educationto get to this point.
The President will at next Monday's meeting present to the ASUUleadership the administration's last concession for them to call off the prolonged strike.
A source at the Presidential Villa noted that if ASUUfails to call off, the Federal Government will then resort to plan B, which will be to compulsorily open the Universities, using the instrumentality of the governing councils and the school managements.
Already, most of the governing councils of the Universitieshave started meeting to work out modalities for the compulsory re-opening of the Universitiesshould ASUUfail to honour the personal request of President Jonathan.
Scan News gathered that the Supervising Minister of education, Barr. Nyesom Wike and the Vice Chancellors of Public Universitiesalso discussed the re-opening of the schools last Monday. Most of the Vice Chancellors suggested the compulsory re-opening of the schools, should the last ditch efforts fail.
It was gathered that security report available to the Presidency may have necessitated this line of action to salvage the Universitiessystem from the direction it is facing at present.