ASUU NEC has ended a two-day meeting in Kano, but refused to disclose the outcome of their deliberations till after first meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan.
However, unconfirmed reports have it that a majority want to end the strike, while a minority still wants to continue.
?The position of ASUU is 60-40 as at the time they held their NEC meeting. Sixty percent wanted the strike to be called off, while 40 percent of them wanted the strike to continue,” an ASUU revealed.
The source further revealed that the union’s executive was caught between mourning their former President, Professor Festus Iyayi, who died in a car crash last week on his way to Kano for the meeting, and the need to end the strike action, which has lasted over four months.
The meeting was so secret that many members of the association were not even aware that it was holding.
It was learnt that unlike in the past when such a meeting would be general knowledge amongst the rank and file, this time around it was only the executive committee members and a few others that where in the know.
The meeting itself was not even held at the ASUU Secretariat of Bayero University, Kano.
The union officials were conveyed in two coaster buses and sneaked out of the university to meet at another location, said to be Mambayya House, a research centre belonging to the university.
Journalists were not invited for the usual press briefing that takes place after the meeting.
The source further added that ASUU decided to take their decision to President Jonathan before making it public – an action they decided on as a show of respect to the President for his willingness to see to the end of the crisis.
It is expected that because of the importance of the situation, Jonathan is likely to meet the ASUU executives early next week after returning from London on Sunday evening
