ASUU strike continues, as polytechnic lecturers begin strike on Wednesday, Dec 12, 2018
For the fifth time, the meeting between the Federal Government representatives and the leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off ASUU strike ended without any resolution.
The union and the government on
Monday, December 10, 2018, had another meeting held at the Ministry of
Labour but could not resolve their differences.
Speaking after the meeting, the Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, reportedly said the federal government is taking all necessary steps to address the union’s demands.
Ngige said ''the federal government is taking all necessary steps to address ASUU’s demands.
''We
agreed that by Wednesday, that list will be cross-checked with the
Presidential Initiative of Continuous Auditing to find out really
whether those universities are places where they have to visit and pay
the outstanding lecturers there. So, the office reports back to us on
Wednesday,”
However, the Federal Government has fixed another meeting for Monday, December 17, 2018.
Speaking about the adjournment of the meeting, ASUU chairman, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, said the union will await the next adjournment date to see how far the federal government will deliver on its promises.
''We
have promises made on the part of the government and we shall await
report on all the issues for which they have made promises”, he said.
ASUU
strike started on Monday, November 5, 2018, following the union's
National Executive Committee meeting at the Federal University of
Technology, Akure on Sunday, November 4, 2018.
Polytechnic lecturers begin a strike on Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Meanwhile, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) is set to begin an indefinite strike on Wednesday, December 12, 2018.
ASUP President, Comrade Usman Yusuf Dutse
while addressing journalists in Kaduna said the strike became necessary
because federal government the failure failed to fulfil the union’s
demands overtime.
Dutse in an interview
with Premium Times recently said the federal government has failed to
meet the demands of the polytechnic lecturers.
He added that the strike would be ''total and indefinite.''
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