The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said he is not taking over the negotiation with striking universities teachers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, had on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting said Osinbajo was from then on going to take over the negotiations with the lecturers.
But in a tweet in the wee hours of Friday, the spokesman of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, said Ngige’s position on the issue was incorrect.
Akande, on his Twitter handle, said Ngige and the Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu, will continue to lead the negotiation.
He tweeted: “News reports that VP Osinbajo has taken over ASUU negotiations is untrue & inaccurate. Labour & Education Ministers continue to lead d talks.”
The teachers embarked on the present strike claiming the Federal Government had failed to implement the 2009 agreement it had with their union.
Ngige goofed, I’m not taking over negotiation with ASUU – Osinbajo
