Chris Ngige Labour Minister
Chris Ngige Labour Minister
ASUU Strike: Negotiation is Progressing- Labour
Minister
The attention of the Honourable Minister of Labour and
Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has been drawn to the negative
newspaper publication by some sections of the media on the on-going
negotiations between the Federal government and the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU).
They reported that the members of ASUU walked out of the
reconciliatory meeting between them and the federal government.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment wishes to state that
members of ASUU did not walk out of the meeting as reported. The
Minister explained to the press after the meeting with ASUU that at
the last meeting held on Monday, 10th December, 2018, the different
MDAs were given assignments and their reports were submitted during
the meeting of Monday, 17th December, 2018.
The two parties agreed on implementation and work plan of the
reports and gave themselves some days to see if it can be
accomplished before Christmas, hence the meeting did not last more
than two (2) hours unlike usual protracted meeting which the
correspondents where used to
To the Honourable Minister’s surprise, some print and electronic
media reported a day after that ASUU walked out on the government
delegation
The Ministry wishes to state that the negotiation between the FG
and ASUU on the resolution on the strike is still on-going and
making progress as the FG is determined to resolve the outstanding
lingering issue to ensure that the strike is called off and
students back to school as quickly as possible.
Samuel Olowookere
Director (Press)