Education minister, ASUU in closed door meeting

Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday

met with the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Abuja.

It could not be ascertained if the meeting, which

lasted barely one hour, produced desirable results.

The ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Fagge, and the minister

refused to speak with journalists after the meeting.

Fagge did not respond to journalists' questions on the

outcome of the meeting and possible next line of action of the union.

He simply told our correspondent, "I am not in

a position to talk."

At the meeting were the Executive Secretary of the

National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie; the Vice Chancellor of

the University of Ibadan, Prof. Isaac Adewole; and a few national officers of

the union.

Meanwhile, Nigeria has protested to the Republic of Hungary over the arbitrary increase of fees for Nigerian students studying in various universities in that country.