By our reporter| The meeting between the Federal Government and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), on Thursday, ended in a deadlock.
The meeting, the second between the federal government, led by the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, and the striking university workers, was an attempt to resolve the issues leading to the labour unrest in the universities.
The minister who berated the two unions at the beginning of the meeting described their industrial action as illegal and unknown to labour laws.
The striking university workers had during the first meeting with government on Tuesday said the government had failed to address their critical demands, which included unpaid earned allowances of members, delisting of members from the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS), and the arrears of the new minimum wage.
The joint action committee of SSANU and NASU had on Friday last week directed all their members to proceed on strike pending when their demands are met by the government.
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