Nigeria News

ASUU strike: Get ready to return to classroom – FG tells students

The Federal Government has assured that academic activities will resume in earnest because of its commitment to resolve contending issues with the university based unions.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) are currently on strike.

Speaking after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said the end of the strike is in sight.

The minister, who denied the allegation that the Federal Government was planning to create a different payment table for the unions, said the government had summoned all the relevant agencies, including the National Information Development Agency (NITDA), to brief it on the success so far recording in resolving the contentious issues that led to the ongoing strike by the unions.

Ngige, while speaking, said the government was interested in seeing the students going back to school.

He said the meeting of Thursday is expected to look at the progress report by the relevant bodies handling the crisis including NITDA on how far it has gone with the integrity test on the University Transparency and Accountability System (UTAS) which was proposed as an alternative platform by ASUU and the University Peculiar Personnel and Payroll System (U3PS) proposed by SSANU and NASU.

The minister said said he was waiting for the report of the Tripartite Plus Committee comprising the Ministry of Education, the Chief of Staff, Salaries and Wages Income Commission, the National University Commission (NUC) as well as the striking unions.

Jessy Oche

Jesse Oche is a young writer with passion for sports and agro journalism. He loves traveling and reading.

Recent Posts

Who is Equatorial Guinea’s Baltasar Ebang Engonga? – Leaked tapes and more

Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), is…

15 hours ago

Download over 300 leaked viral video of Equatorial Guinea’s Baltasar Ebang Engonga

The recent scandal involving Baltasar Ebang Engonga, Equatorial Guinea's financial crime chief, highlights the complexities…

15 hours ago

BREAKING: Tinubu swears in seven new ministers

President Bola Tinubu has officially sworn in seven new ministers during a ceremony held at…

16 hours ago

Watch full leaked video of Equatorial Guinea’s Baltasar Ebang Engonga

Meet Equatorial Guinea Financial Crime's Chief, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, Whose Over '300' S3x tapes With…

16 hours ago

BREAKING: Court acquits Walter Onnoghen, reverses six-year conviction

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has discharged and acquitted former Chief Justice of Nigeria,…

17 hours ago

Leaked Tapes of Equatorial Guinea’s Baltasar Ebang Engonga Surface Online

Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the serving Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF) in…

18 hours ago