ASUU Strike: FG To Meet ASUU On Monday
THE Federal Government has convened another meeting, for Monday, at 4:00pm, with the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU); over the ongoing strike. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, disclosed this in a statement signed by the Director of Press in the ministry, Samuel Olowookere, in Abuja, yesterday.
The lecturers embarked on an indefinite strike on November 4, protesting poor funding of universities and non implementation of previous agreements with government. Ngige had earlier expressed displeasure over a comment credited to Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, when he condemned the “no work, no pay” policy of government.
Falana had said the enforcement of section 43:1 of the trade dispute act 2004 was illegal. But the minister said “no work, no pay” was a fundamental axiom in labour and industrial relations all over the world. “That is knowing that they are tangential and that they neither anchor nor dwell on provisions of section 43 of trade dispute act T8 (LFN 2004) before it will take further necessary action,” Ngige was quoted as saying.
Regardless, ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi, told newsmen that discussions are ongoing. “Once we have more information, we will make ourselves available to the press,” Ogunyemi said.
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