Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says
contrary to the claim by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, he
has not taken over negotiations with the striking Academic Staff Union of
Universities.
Ngige had, while addressing State
House reporters after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, said Osinbajo had taken over some
aspects of the negotiations and discussions with the ASUU.
The minister had stated: “At
council today (Wednesday), the vice president has taken over some of the
aspects of the negotiations and discussions.
“So, we are continuing the
meeting in his office and when we finish meeting, we will get back to ASUU for
another round of meeting and we are hopeful that we will be able to go to an
appreciable extent to solve some of the outstanding issues that is preventing
them from going back to work.”
But the vice president’s
spokesman, via Twitter, described the minister’s disclosure as untrue and
inaccurate.
Akande emphasised that Ngige
and the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, continued to lead the discussions.
“News report that Vice President
Osinbajo has taken over ASUU negotiations is untrue and inaccurate. Labour and
Education Ministers continue to lead the talks.”
The ASUU has since August 13 been
on a nationwide strike over the failure of the Federal Government to implement
an agreement reached with the union in 2009.
The union had also alleged that
the government did not implement the Memorandum of Understanding the two sides
signed in 2013.
The leadership of the union had
on Tuesday boycotted a meeting with the government.
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