As members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) continue their 10-month old strike, the federal government has commenced the process of registering a rival union.
Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, dropped this on Thursday in Abuja when the leadership of Congress of University Academics (CONUA), led by its National Coordinator, Niyi Sunmonu, paid him a courtesy visit.

CONUA’s membership is drawn from university lecturers opposed to ASUU.

Mr Ngige regretted the long strike by ASUU, saying that it had negatively affected the educational development of the country.

“We are receiving you in audience formally today in this ministry. We have the right to receive associations of persons that are workers, whether we have registered them or not, just as you have the right to apply for registration which is the lawful thing to do,” he said.

“We have the right to receive and hold meetings with you. The journey to have you registered has just started.

“You have done the right thing by applying and this ministry has also done the right thing by processing your registration.

“The review of your application for registration is ongoing. I have put up a committee to look into that review. I will ask the committee to wind up its work.

“We are giving them four weeks from today to turn in their report to the ministry.

“Part of our job here is to register unions; it is also part of our job to make sure that unions that are not functional are helped,” Mr Ngige said.

He, however, commended the university lecturers for initiating the process to register the union.
Earlier, Mr Sunmonu had said that CONUA was enjoying large followership with many universities, registering more members by the day since it came on board in February 2018.

He said CONUA was established due to irreconcilable differences between its members and ASUU.

“CONUA members are not members of ASUU and we are not ready to be part of ASUU due…

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...and the so called CONUA members are also at home due to ASUU strike

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...and the so called CONUA members are also at home due to ASUU strike

The hustle is real. Every tom dick and Harry wants a bite from the national cake, hmmm!

Leave them na shebi they suppose dey office.. What are they doing at home.. Because I am sure they are collecting ippis salary

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