Education
THE federal government yesterday said academic activities would resume in earnest because of its commitment to resolving contending issues with university-based unions.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, gave the assurance while briefing reporters after the Federal Executive Council meeting.
The minister denied the allegation that the government was planning to create a different payment table for the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
He said the government had summoned all the relevant agencies, including the National Information Development Agency, to brief it on the success so far recorded in resolving the contentious issues that led to the ongoing strike which started on February 14.
Ngige said the issue would be resolved very soon. “Why it’d be resolved is that it’s the same pattern with that of the health sector where we have NMA, NARD, JOHESU, all the health allied unions on one side, the doctors on the other side. It’s the same picture.”
He said today’s meeting was expected to look at the progress report by the relevant bodies handling the crisis including NITDA on how far it had gone with the integrity test on the University Transparency and Accountability System which was proposed as an alternative platform by ASUU and the University Peculiar Personnel and Payroll System proposed by SSANU and NASU.
(Daily Trust)
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– June 23, 2022 @ 10:37 GMT |
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