ASUU STRIKE: FG Speaks on calling off Strike




The Federal Government have consented to continue talks one week from now to determine the continuous strike by college instructors.

Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labor and Employment, told newsmen toward the finish of a shut closed door meeting with the association in Abuja on Thursday that the discussions had been productive.

"We will continue talks by one week from now,'' Ngige said.

Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President, additionally affirmed that the gathering would proceed one week from now.

"We have quite recently begun the discourse, we have truly not gone too far, so what we have done today was to open the issues. By tomorrow we should meet and choose when we reschedule the gathering.

"This implies the strike still proceeds with," Ogunyemi said.

The speakers continued strike on Nov. 5 over requests for enhanced financing of state funded colleges dependent on assentions came to with the Federal Government in 2009.

A portion of the requests by the association are that the Federal Government ought to choose another administrator of the legislature renegotiating group of the 2009 ASUU/Federal Government Agreement to supplant Dr Wale Babalakin.

Different issues pestering the association are non-installment of Earned remittance, financing of rejuvenation of the Nigerian colleges, execution of necessities evaluation report, poor subsidizing of state colleges, among others.

Those present at Thursday's gathering were the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Mr Sonny Echonu, and Dr Isa Fagge, previous ASUU President.

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