What happened at the meeting yesterday, and what should we expect next?

Now the meeting is over; what next?

The all-so-important meeting between the owner-state government, LAUTECH managements and staff unions, was held yesterday at Agodi Secretariat in Ibadan.

The meeting which was originally announced by the Oyo state governor, Ajimobi, in a press release last week -- and also during the protest -- was meant to serve as a platform for him to dialogue with the staff unions to accept the N500 million he and his counterpart, Aregbesola, agreed to offer.

However, a day prior to the meeting, things took a rather unlikely turn when the leaders of the staff union stated in an interview that 'they will not resume if their demands are not met,' -- and their demands are way beyond N500 million as one of the  staff leaders stated that N500 million cannot barely two months salaries out of the seven months they are being owed.
Eventually, the meeting took place as scheduled, but the outcome -- whether good or bad -- is not yet clear.

As much as we would like to answer these .. questions, the truth is, there's an enourmous amount we don't yet know about the outcome of the meeting and how it will affect the promised maximum resumption date of February 1st.

Few students' leaders who claimed to have intel on the meeting have presented some information on how the it went and the outcome, which we cannot verity at the monent.

One report released by the 'Liberal Movement' stated that the major talking points of the meeting were funding, efficiency, diversification, subventions and restructuring, and that after much deliberation between ASUU and the state governor of Oyo state, the governor agreed to discuss with his partner, Aregbesola, so that they would up two months salaries, which amounts to N 760 million.

It also stated that the report by the Visitation Panel, which is very important in making a final decision, was still being awaited.

We also learnt from a separate report that the member of ASUU will still converge in a closed door meeting to deliberate on Ajimobi's new offer of 2 months salary, and probably put it to a vote.

It is important to note that we don't know who the sources of these reports or if those people's information is accurate.

We, however, know that it will be almost impossible to get information from any member of ASUU, as it is 'constitutionally' wrong for them to disclose information from their meetings.

There is one thing, though, that we can say with absolute certainty: The resumption of LAUTECH hinges on the whatever agreement the staff unions can reach with the owner-state governments.

This is a developing story; we'll bring you more updates as we learn them.