The Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) has refused to attend a meeting with the Federal Government
scheduled for today.
ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi,
confirmed that the union will not attend the meeting.
According to him, ASUU has met,
discussed the new offer from the FG and submitted a proposal to the government.
He said consequently, the union
will only honour another meeting after receiving a reply to their proposal from
the government.
The meeting was confirmed in a
statement issued by the Deputy Director, Press, Ministry of Labour and
Employment, Samuel Olowookere, late on Monday, which was called
by Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, following the
failure of ASUU to get back to the Federal Government after both parties met on
August 17, 2017.
Others expected at today’s
meeting were; the Ministers of Education and Finance, Mallam Adamu Adamu and
Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the Chairman, National Income Salaries, and Wages
Commission, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission and the
President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Ayuba Wabba.
The Union declared an indefinite
strike two weeks ago, citing the failure of the government to implement
agreements reached with the union in 2009.
The National President of the
union, Dr. Biodun Ogunyemi, announced this at a meeting of the National
Executive Council (NEC) of ASUU in Abuja.
He said during the strike, there
shall be no teaching, no examination and no attendance of statutory meetings of
any kind in any of the union’s branches across the country.
Dr. Ogunyemi declared a ‘total,
comprehensive and indefinite’ nationwide strike after a nationwide
consultation with members at an emergency NEC meeting held on Saturday, August
12, 2017.
He explained in a statement
issued after Saturday’s meeting that their decision followed the failure of the
government to fully implement the 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement and the 2013
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
The ASUU president added that related demands made by the union were yet to be addressed, which was why they resolved to embark on an indefinite strike from Sunday, August 13, 2017. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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