UMUAHIA - Dr Uzochukwu Onyebinama, Chairman, Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike,
in Abia, on Sunday expressed the hope that the five-month strike by the
union would end soon.
Onyebinama, in a statement made available to newsmen in
Umuahia, expressed the hope that Monday’s parley between the leadership
of ASUU and the Federal Government would proffer solution to the
impasse.
“As the national leadership of our union meets with President Goodluck
Jonathan on Monday, we hope that the meeting will be a dialogue that
will lead to a mutually acceptable fair and far reaching solution,” he
stated.
He, however, insisted that the solution should be “within
the context of the implementation of the 2009 agreement, the 2012 MOU
and the recommendations of the Needs Assessment Report”.
“Any proposal by government should be based on a clear acceptance of a framework for the implementation of the 2009 agreement.
“Any imposition will not present a solution to the current crisis,” Onyebinama said.
He enjoined the President “to be guided by the principle of
honouring agreements in the interest of justice and industrial harmony
in the country.”
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