By our reporter/ As the federal government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) bicker over ‘unfulfilled promises’, there are mounting fears that the country’s universities may soon be plunged into another protracted academic disruptions.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has invited the leadership of the union to another meeting in order to avert the looming industrial dispute in the universities.
Spokesman of the ministry, Charles Akpan, over the weekend said the meeting has been scheduled to hold on Monday at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, at 2:00 pm.
According to him, the ASUU delegation would be led by its President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke.
The government and the university lecturers had been fighting over the appropriate salary payment platforms to use for the university lecturers, among others.
The last 9-month-old strike was suspended after certain agreements were reached by both parties.
But ASUU is now accusing the federal government of violating agreements it reached with the union before they called off their strike on December 24,
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