Reps Meet with President Buhari Over ASUU Strike

Speaker House of Assembly, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila the House to see the President at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

During the meeting, he made some recommendations to President Buhari as part of the lawmakers’ contributions to end the impasse between the striking lecturers and the federal government.

While addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, the Speaker said the lawmakers are hopeful because the President had granted a good listening ear and accepted the details of the report.

Hon. Gbajabiamila disclosed that another meeting has been scheduled with the President for Thursday, the 6th of October.

He further noted that the House leadership came to the Villa after a series of engagements with ASUU and, having submitted the recommendations to the President, would be awaiting his final decision.

In his words, “After a series of engagements with ASUU, the leadership came up with recommendations to the President for approval. They came to discuss with the President, the recommendations.”

“The president had a good listening ear; he accepted the details of the report. We have another meeting on Thursday to take a final decision after he has digested the report.

“We are done with our meeting with ASUU. We are hopeful because we had a good engagement and he accepted the report and we clarified a few grey areas.”

Source: channelstvnews

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