Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU will meet Tuesday (today) to look at how to end theongoing 4-week strike embarked upon by ASUU members nationwide.
Nigige’s spokesperson Charles Akpan, said the meeting would hold by 1 pm at the ministry’s office in Abuja.
This National Association of Nigerian Students directed its members to block major federal roads in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory on February 28, 2022 in protest against the ongoing strike.
The leadership of ASUU meet on Monday ight to strategies before today’s meeting with the minister.
ASUU declared a four-week nationwide strike on February 14, 2022, when the Federal Government failed to grant its demands.
Some of the union’s demands which had yet to be met are funding for revitalisation of public universities, earned academic allowances, University Transparency Accountability Solution; promotion arrears, renegotiation of 2009 ASUU-FGN Agreement, and the inconsistencies in Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System Payment.
While stating his expectations for the meeting, ASUU chairman, University of Lagos chapter, Dr Dele Ashiru, urged the government to commence the implementation of the 2009 ASUU-FG agreement.
