THE NON TEACHING STAFF OF
UNIVERSITIES WERE SAID TO BE IN A CRUCIAL MEETING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
IN A CLOSED-DOOR MEETING BY 10AM: TO 12:30 PM IS RESCHEDULE TO 1PM.
- Members of the non academic unions
were about storming out of the meeting because the ministers of labour and
education were not at the venue at the set time when they were told the meeting
has been rescheduled for a later time - The unions accused the presidency of
being responsible for the prolonged strike The non teaching staff of
universities who have been on strike since December 2017, were said to be in a
high profile meeting with the federal government at the conference hall of the
federal ministry of education in Abuja. The crucial meeting which is on the
instance of the federal government negotiation team led by the minister of
labour and employment, Senator Chris Ngige, is expected to deliberate on the
“no work, no pay” policy being contemplated by the government against the
workers who are in strike. The unions have accused the federal government of
being responsible for the prolonged strike,
Although the meeting was slated for
11am, as at 12.30pm the union members were agitating to storm out of the venue
of the meeting since neither the two ministers of labour nor their counterparts
in the ministry of education was present. However, a staff of the labour
ministry pleaded with the union leaders that the meeting has been rescheduled for
1pm.
The non teaching staff on the
platform of Joint Action Committee (JAC), comprising the Non Academic Staff
Union of Universities and Associated Institutions (NASU), National Association
of Academic Technologists (NAAT) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian
Universities (SSANU), said that the federal government breached the agreement
the two parties signed in September 2017 that led to the suspension of the
strike the unions embarked on.
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