ASUU Strike: Lecturers meet Nigerian govt delegation

The representatives of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday staged a walkout from a meeting with a federal government delegation, a Premium Times report has shown.

The government delegation was led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige.

Despite the walkout, Mr Ngige expressed optimism that the strike would soon be called off.

The university lecturers embarked on an indefinite strike on November 4, demanding improved funding of universities and implementation of previous agreements with the government.

The National President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, led the union’s delegation to Monday’s meeting.

The ASUU delegation arrived at the ministry at exactly 5:00 p.m. but no member of the federal government delegation was around as at this time.

The government delegation led by Mr Ngige arrived at exactly 6:00 p.m.

The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, was absent at the time the meeting started.

Before the walkout and at the start of the meeting, Mr Ngige told the lecturers that he hopes a consensus on most of the issues is reached at the end of the meeting.

He assured the union that attention will be paid to three critical demands, which are salary shortfall, university revitalisation and earned allowances of lecturers.

After the walkout by the lecturers, they did not brief journalists on what caused their action.

Mr Ogunyemi, who led ASUU’s delegation to Monday’s meeting, refused to make any comment.

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Of what relevance is Adamu Adamu, the minister of education. Most Nigerians don't even know he's the minister.
But on a serious note, most of buhari's ministers are non existent and incompetent. They are just busy stuffing the budgets of ministries under them and taking their shares when released