File photo The
conciliation meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
and the Federal Government will continue next week, despite the resumption of
negotiations.
The striking university
lecturers on Thursday resumed discussions with the Minister of Labour and
Employment, Chris Ngige, almost two weeks after several efforts to resolve the
issues that led to the strike with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu
failed.
Labour Minister who is leading
FG’s delegation is optimistic that the resumed discussions will lead to the
suspension of the industrial action.
However, the striking lecturers
believe that the outcome of the next meeting, to be attended by the Education
Minister in attendance, will determine their decision.
The university lecturers have
been on strike since November 4, 2018, over non-payment of earned allowance and
other welfare issues.
According to them, the strike is
meant to express grievance over certain unimplemented areas in the 2017 MoA,
which they said suggested the Federal Government’s insincerity to the demands
by the lecturers.
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