The
Federal Government on Thursday opened negotiations with the Academic Staff
Union of Universities at the Ministry of Labour and Employment office in Abuja
over the universities lecturers’ strike since November 5.
The
meeting, which began at 3pm and lasted till 9pm, was adjourned till next week,
as the striking teachers and government did not reach a middle ground.
The
ASUU delegation was led by its National President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, while
the government side had the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; the
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono; and the
Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris.
Ogunyemi,
after the six-hour meeting, said the union had put forward its demands and the
meeting had been adjourned till next week.
He
said, “No date has been fixed for next week but we will communicate the date to
you tomorrow (Friday). The union was forced to go on strike because our plea
for the implementation of the 2017 Memorandum of Action fell on deaf ears."
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