ASUU Strike Won’t Happen – Ngige Reacts To Three-Week Ultimatum.

The strike threatened by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will not take place, according to Minister of Labour Chris Ngige.

On Tuesday, Ngige said this on Channels Television in response to ASUU’s three-week deadline for the federal government to follow the earlier accord agreed with the union.

The union’s national president, Emmanuel Osodeke, explained that the industrial action became necessary due to the failure of the federal government to implement the memorandum of action (MoA) it signed with the union upon which the last strike action was suspended.

However, Ngige insisted funds were available for universities.

“The strike will not happen. For one, I know that the funds to pay are there and the ministry of education has assured me that by tomorrow, they will emanate letters to make sure that the disbursement reaches the accounts of the various universities.

“We are not paying the unions directly, so it will get to the universities’ accounts,” Ngige said.