ASUU strike: Sambo, minister, VCs in closed door meeting

FROM JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, ABUJA
Vice President Namadi Sambo, yesterday held a closed-door meeting with the supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike and vice chancellors of universities, in a bid to end the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
No official statement was issued at the end of the meeting held at the Presidential Villa. Also, nobody who attended the meeting was ready to take questions from newsmen.
Other members of the delegation included Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Isaac Adewole, among others
Last week, the Senate passed a resolution urging Senate President David Mark to prevail on President Goodluck Jonathan and officials of the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities (ASUU) to end its four-month strike that has shut down Nigerian universities since July.
The Senate resolution to empower Mark to lead the negotiation team with government and ASUU was based on a motion sponsored by108 members.
The latest move by the vice president may not be unconnected with Federal Government’s resolve to bring about a quick end to the impasse, following the failure of the Governor Gabriel Suswam negotiation team to end the crisis.