By Onwelikwu Ndidi Joseph
- The non teaching staff of universities were said to be in a crucial meeting with the federal government in a closed-door meeting
- Members of the non academic unions were about storming out of the meeting because the ministers of labour and education were not at the venue at the set time when they were told the meeting has been rescheduled for a later time
- The unions accused the presidency of being responsible for the prolonged strike
The non teaching staff of universities who have been on strike since December 2017 were said to be in a high profile meeting with the federal government at the conference hall of the federal ministry of education in Abuja.
The crucial meeting which is on the instance of the federal government negotiation team led by the minister of labour and employment, Senator Chris Ngige, is expected to deliberate on the “no work, no pay” policy being contemplated by the government against the workers who are in strike. The unions have accused the federal government of being responsible for the prolonged strike, Vanguard reports.
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Although the meeting was slated for 11am, as at 12.30pm the union members were agitating to storm out of the venue of the meeting since neither the two ministers of labour nor their counterparts in the ministry of education were present. However, a staff of the labour ministry pleaded with the union leaders that the meeting has been rescheduled for 1pm.
The non teaching staff on the platform of Joint Action Committee (JAC), comprising the Non Academic Staff Union of Universities and Associated Institutions (NASU), National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), said that the federal government breached the agreement the two parties signed in September 2017 that led to the suspension of the strike the unions embarked on.
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However, permanent secretaries in the two ministries were said to be seated waiting for the leader of the federal government negotiation team, Senator Chris Ngige. Present at the meeting were the Chairman of JAC and National President of SSANU, Comrade Samson Ugwoke, the National President of NASU, Chris Ani, the NAAT President, Suleiman Sani, the General Secretary of NASU, Peter Adeyemi as well as other executive members of the associations.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com reported that the non-teaching staff members of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, under the Non- Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) on Monday, February 26, disrupted the mock examination of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the school premises.
The mock examination was scheduled to hold within the OAU premises, being one of the centre approved for JAMB Computer Based Test (CBT), by the examination body.
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