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ASUU strike: FG pays two months salary arrears, says strike to end before Jan. 15
By Modupe Shodeinde
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has stated that the ASUU industrial strike action would be resolved before January 15.
The minister said this at the meeting with ASUU on Tuesday while referring to an ultimatum issued by some students threatening to embark on protests if the strike was not called off.
This came after it was reported that the Federal Government has commenced part payment of the salary arrears of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The Nations newspaper reported that some lecturers confirmed that they had been paid two months’ salary arrears.
Ngige said, “The government would disappoint all those wishing for the protests as all the matters in dispute must have been resolved by January 15.
“Those who want to use the #EndASUU protest to destroy public and private property or lecturers homes will be disappointed.”
“I am optimistic that the meeting will produce the final result that will make everybody happy,” Ngige said.
The ASUU President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi said the union members attended the meeting with all sense of responsibility to resolve the crisis in the interest of the students and their members who he said had been starving.
He stated that “no amount of sacrifice would be too much to get the matter resolved as long as the government is consistent with its commitments.”
Ogunyemi however emphasised that only the National Executive Committee of ASUU could announce the suspension of the strike.
