Union Shuns Meeting As Federal Government Decides On ASUU’s Demands Today
The Federal Government is reportedly set to decide on the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. According to The Punch, there are strong indications that the Federal Executive Council will, at its meeting on Wednesday (today) decide on the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who gave this indication in an interview with journalists on Tuesday, said the university lecturers had deliberated on the offers made to them by the government at a meeting on August 17. Also, the union, in a statement on Tuesday, said it would call off its strike after receiving a positive response to its demands from the Federal Government. The lecturers boycotted a meeting which was scheduled to hold between the government and the union on Tuesday. ASUU, on August 13, began a nationwide strike over the failure of the Federal Government to implement an agreement it reached with the union in 2009. The ...