The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, will on
Tuesday (today) meet with the President and executive members of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities in Abuja to resolve the lingering
strike by the union.
A statement from Deputy Director (Press), Ministry of Labour and
Employment, Samuel Olowookere, on Monday night, said the government
delegation at the meeting would include the ministers of Education and
Finance, Chairman, National Income Salaries and Wages Commission,
Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission and the President
of the Nigeria Labour Congress.
A correspondent had on Monday reported exclusively that the Federal
Government would meet with ASUU leadership this week to resolve the
strike which had paralysed academic activities in public universities
across the country.
The union leaders were expected to brief the government delegation
on the resolutions reached on the offers made by the Federal Government
during the last meeting held on August 17, 2017.
“Senator Ngige calls on ASUU to show good faith as the Federal
Government had already demonstrated commitment to addressing the
grievances of the union,” the statement noted.
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