The hopes of the polytechnic and college of education students that the ongoing industrial action by their lecturers will be called-off today has been thrown to the winds as the federal government delegation which comprises of the Minister of Education, Minister of Labour and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation were absent from the meeting called by the joint committee of the national assembly on education.
This meeting was scheduled by the NASS for negotiations between the federal government and the lecturers in order to find a lasting solution to the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) strikes.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Education, Uche Chukwumerije, expressed disappointment at the Federal Government over their response and unwillingness to negotiate with the leadership of the union while he urged the lecturers to be steadfast in their struggle to see that the education sector in the country doesn’t suffer again.
We gathered that the leadership of ASUP had narrowed down their demands from 10 to 2 and were willing to call off the strike had it been the Government representatives were at the meeting.


Source: http://campusportal.com.ng/education/asup-strike-update-fgs-delegation-absent-from-nass-meeting-again/21727/