The federal government on Friday resumed talks with the leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over the ongoing strike in public universities across the country.

The meeting is currently holding at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Abuja.

Recall that the national president of the union, Biodun Ogunyemi, had said the leadership of ASUU was still consulting with its members over plans to shelve their strike.

ASUU embarked on strike in November, 2018 to demand, among others, N1.1 trillion funding for universities.

Speaking with an educationist, who pleaded anonymity, lamented that, “some students have missed their graduation time, while others cannot be mobilised for National Youth Service Corps as a result of the ongoing nationwide strike.

“I plead with the union leadership and the Federal Government to resolve their disagreements to enable students to return to classes,” he said.

He said that students who secured admission since last year in various public universities were yet to begin first semester because of the strike.

“If this strike continues till April this year, what it means is that candidates who will write 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, may not be admitted in public universities this year.

“ASUU and Federal Government should expedite action in their negotiations to end the ongoing strike, “he said.

The educationist noted that if the current strike continues till the forthcoming presidential and governorship elections, many students would be disfranchised because majority of them registered in their schools.