The Federal Government is holding
another reconciliation meeting with officials of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) in Abuja.
According to the Ministry of
Labour and Employment, the meeting which was earlier scheduled for 11:00 am
today (Thursday), has just begun.
The adjusted time was to afford
some key players expected at the meeting a little break, following a similar
meeting with the National Association of Resident Doctors, which ended this
morning.
The Minister assured the striking
lecturers that the meeting will treat areas of mistrust between the workers and
the Federal Government so that the strike can be called off.
In his response, the ASUU
president expressed optimism that the industrial action would be called off as
soon as the government shows its commitment to addressing the concerns
raised.
ASUU has been on strike since
August 14, over unpaid arrears and demands for improved infrastructure in the
universities.
A reconciliation meeting with the
Federal Government August 17 had failed to resolve the dispute, but fresh
undisclosed offers were made to the lecturers.
Another reconciliation meeting
held on August 29 also ended in deadlock, as ASUU insisted on seeing the
government act on their demands.
The third meeting, however, comes
a day after the non-teaching staff unions of Nigerian government
universities resolved to embark on an indefinite strike.
They are demanding the immediate
payment of earned allowances, as well as a review of the universities
governance system.
Rising from a Joint Action
Committee meeting of non-teaching unions in Abuja, the leadership directed
their members to down tools with effect from Monday, September 11.
The meeting was attended by
members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU),
the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), and the National
Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT).
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