The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu and other top officials in the Ministry are in the Federal Government team.
President, Emmanuel Osodeke, who led the union’s delegation told newsmen that the meeting was to deliberate on lingering issues affecting the universities, in a bid to avert the planned strike. “There are a lot of issues that are outstanding within the system and we believe that before now, they would have been taking care of. 'The issues would have been resolved in line with the promise made by President Bola Tinubu and that there will not be strike in the university system.
had earlier written to the Ministry, detailing a number of issues and concerns affecting the universities and the union. He said that the issues required interactions between the union and government officials to possibly avert any strike proposed by the union. NAN reports that the closed door meeting is still ongoing as at the time of filing this report.
had threatened to embark on a nationwide strike over the Federal Government’s failure to meet its demands. The union had asked the government to meet the demands within two weeks.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
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