ASUU strike update: see the outcome of FG with ASUu

ASUU Strike News Update: See Outcome Of ASUU Meeting With
Federal Government.

A meeting between the Nigerian
government and university lecturers has ended Thursday
evening without resolution of the nationwide strike by the
teachers.
The teachers said the strike which began on November 4
would continue.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) called the
strike over its demands for improved funding of universities
and welfare of lecturers.
Thursday’s meeting began 3p.m and ended 8:15 p.m.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said
government’s discussion with ASUU will continue next week .
Mr Ngige earlier said the meeting with the university teachers
was late in coming due to the minimum wage negotiation.
He appealed to ASUU to put the interests of student as who
are at the receiving end into consideration.
ASUU president, Biodun Ogunyemi, said the union have
tendered its request and also said the meeting has been
adjourned till next week.
According to him, no date has been fixed but “we will
communicate the date to you tomorrow,” he told waiting
journalists.
He said the union was forced to call the strike after its plea for
the implementation of the 2009 agreement fell on deaf ears.
“Our meeting with the education minister in May and
September to remind him about federal government promises
to implement the agreement yielded no result,” he said.
Mr Ogunyemi earlier said the government had promised to
take action on issues raised in the last MOU signed by the two
parties but “it does appears that federal government is
dribbling the union.”

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