Breaking: FG, ASUU fail to reach agreement, adjourn meeting again
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Joseph Erunke ABUJA – FOR the fifth time in less than two months,the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, failed to reach agreement on the demands by the latter which resulted to the ongoing strike in Nigeria’s public universities. After a marathon meeting between the two parties which lasted over six hours, the two parties stormed out of the venue with either side shifting ground. The meeting which had began at 4:15pm,at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity,ended few minutes after 10pm, without any headway. The meeting which was the fifth one in a series in less than two months,was convened basically to find lasting solutions to the ongoing strike by the university teachers. Since the strike began on November 4,four other meetings held in the past, failed to provide solutions as both parties had always failed to reach common ground. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, stold newsmen ...
