Lecturers in another meeting with FG for the 10th time over ASUU strike

Bayo Wahab 20:04 - 07 February 2019

Federal Government representatives and leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities during one of their meetings to end ASUU strike

ASUU leaders and government representative are meeting again in Abuja.

Another meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has started on Thursday 7, 2019.

The meeting which started in the evening is the 10^th meeting between the government and ASUU leaders.

The meeting began around 5:45 p.m and is holding at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Abuja.

According to Premium Times, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said there is hope the meeting will be fruitful and conclusive.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige

”We hope the meeting will close the chapter in this imbroglio,” he said.

Also speaking at the beginning of the meeting, the national president of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, said the union hopes the impending issues will be resolved.

”We need to get final clearance to make final pronouncement this evening,” he said.

ASUU embarked on an indefinite strike on November 4, 2018, demanding improved funding of universities and implementation of previous agreements with the government.