The Federal Government has said it will resume talks with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on February 28, the exact day, the Nigerian students plan for a nationwide protest.
Labour and Employment Minister, Chris Ngige, yesterday while addressing reporters at the end of a marathon meeting between the government’s side and ASUU in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the union had embarked on a nationwide warning strike to press home its members’ demands from February 14.
The lecturers’ demands include funding of the Revitalisation of Public Universities, Earned Academic Allowances, University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) and promotion arrears.
Others are: the renegotiation of 2009 ASUU-FG Agreement and the inconsistency in Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS).
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Ngige maintained that the ongoing warning strike is illegal because the demands of the union were already being addressed since last year.
The minister said the strike was a clear breach of the law, adding that the union did not go through the normal process before embarking on the action.
“ASUU did not give the Federal Government the minimum 14 days strike notice prescribed by the law, prior to the strike.
“I saw their letter in my office on February 18, which is last Friday, and as you know, they started their action on Monday, February 14. So, it is a clear breach of labour laws. There are violations.
“If you must notify us of an intending strike action, you give us a minimum of 14 days’ notice. I pointed it out to them that we are a country guided by laws. Nobody is above the law. They should obey it,” he said
Meanwhile, the National Association Of Nigerian Students plans to stage a nationwide protest on the strike which will lead to the blockage of all roads to Abuja on that exact day FG and ASUU will be having their meeting.
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CREDIT: ALLSCHOOL, THE NATION
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