The minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has reported to news
men and expressed that the over one month ASUU Strike will soon be
called off.
This is coming after the news report came stating
that the union members walked out of the meeting during the last meeting
on Monday 17th 2018.
Before the walkout and at the start of the
meeting, Mr Ngige told the lecturers that he hopes a consensus on most
of the issues is reached at the end of the meeting.
Mr Ngige,
while speaking with journalists after the walkout, did not also state
what the grievances of the lecturers were and what actually led to their
work out adding that the lecturers were only dissatisfied with the
decision reached. He, however, expressed optimism that the strike would
be called off soon.
He said negotiations are still ongoing with
ASUU and that the federal government will try to have an agreement with
the lecturers before Christmas so as to allow affected university
students return to school in January.
It should be Noted that the
university lecturers embarked on an indefinite strike on November 4,
demanding improved funding of universities and implementation of
previous agreements with the government.
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