Buhari’s Chief Of Staff Gambari, Nigige Meet ASUU To Resolve Lingering Issues
Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the President’s Chief of Staff, and Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, will meet with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) today (Thursday).
In an interview with NEWS DIRECT, a member of ASUU’s University of Abuja chapter verified the development.
The conference, which is set to take place at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, is aimed at resolving the university teachers’ prolonged strike.
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and other registered trade unions in Nigerian institutions are expected to attend the conference, according to reports.
NEWS DIRECT recalls that ASUU, on Monday, extended its ongoing roll-over strike which commenced on February 14, by another three months.
Its demands include the funding of the revitalisation of public universities, the Earned Academic Allowances, the University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) and promotion arrears.
Others include the renegotiation and implementation of 2009 ASUU-FG Agreement and the inconsistency in Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System.
