KDSG To Meet With ASUU Over Strike

Kaduna State Government has expressed willingness to meet with the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) in order to resolve all contentious issues that led to the strike action at the Kaduna State University(KASU).

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Alhaji Rabiu Yunus made this known in a statement, adding  that the Ministry of Education and  KASU management will  sit with  ASUU again, to find a common ground.

Alhaji Rabiu recalled that an understanding  had earlier been reached with the university lecturers and approval was about to be given, before ASUU embarked on the strike.

The statement says outstanding demands of ASUU is about N4 billion and it predated this administration. But the Governor promised to pay all their allowances in batches, given the financial situation of Kaduna State.

The Permanent Secretary counselled that the strike action will be counterproductive to all the gains that KASU has made under the present administration.

Alhaji Rabiu said  that Governor Uba Sani has done a lot in making KASU one of the best State-owned universities in the country, especially in facilitating the accreditation of nine  science courses.