BY NGOZI OKORIE
THE Federal Government said, on Monday, that it had met 98 per cent of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who disclosed this, added that university students were likely to return to school in January, next year.
Ngige, who spoke to journalists during the flag-off of a medical outreach at Alor in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, said the remaining two per cent of the demands were “promissory notes.”
He, however, said the situation of things would become clearer at a scheduled meeting of the Federal Government with ASUU leaders, in Abuja, on Tuesday.
“We have met about 98 per cent of the request of ASUU. The remaining two per cent is what you can call promissory notes. There is work we are supposed to get on to do and ASUU members also have some work they are supposed to do on their own side with their people.
“We will meet in the afternoon and we will compare notes. I believe that we might have come to the end of the strike when we meet. It is a journey of a thousand miles, which you will have to take one step first. All things being equal, we will agree now to agree because we were disagreeing before…
“I hope we will agree to agree. Once we do that, schools will open in January.”
