Unlike the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), which is expected to resume work tomorrow, after suspending its 10-month strike, the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) said yesterday it has not called off its seven-month old strike.
COEASU’s General Secretary Nuhu Ogirima told our correspondent in Abuja that the union would end the strike only after the government shows clear commitment to meet the remaining parts of the union’s demands.
Ogirima, a senior lecturer in Federal College of Education, Okene, Kogi State, said: “We (COEASU) are yet to call off our strike. We are waiting for some commitment from the Federal Government. We had a closed-door meeting with the new Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, last Thursday, separate from the one he had with ASUP. We discussed meaningfully at length. His remarks were quite impressive.
“We could see that the new minister is really determined to ensure that the issue is resolved. He made a very strong appeal to us to call off the strike. He promised to meet with us next Thursday, after studying our demands, to give us feedback and let us know the government’s position. He assured us that the issue will be properly resolved.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Coeasu should calloff the strike pls, it is seriouly affecting the new student who just got admision Jan. 2014 ad also those who should be graduating this year.
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