The Federal Government (FG) has pledged it will meet with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) over the ongoing one-month warning strike embarked upon by its members last week.
The Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan, made the promise in a statement issued Monday in Abuja.
Akpan stated that, the Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, will be meeting with the executives of the union and other relevant government agencies.
”The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, by 1.00 pm at the Minister’s conference room,” the statement said.
Recall that the striking lecturers embarked on a four-week roll-over total and comprehensive strike on Monday, February 14, to press home their demands.
The lecturers’ agitations include funding for the revitalisation of public universities, earned academic allowances, University Transparency Accountability Solution and promotion arrears.
Others are the renegotiation of 2009 ASUU-FGN Agreement, and the inconsistencies in Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS).
The lecturers also alleged that none of its demands had been fully met by the Federal Government.
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