Buhari gives Education Minister two weeks to settle ASUU strike............
As the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike enters its sixth month, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal government’s team, headed by Adamu Adamu, the education minister, to resolve the issue within the next two weeks and report back to him.
BusinessDay sources close to the meeting revealed that at the meeting with the relevant federal government team at the Presidential Villa, on Tuesday, it was discovered the Education Minister had not done enough to resolve the lingering crises.
The leadership of ASUU had February 14, 2022, declared a warning strike, to draw government attention to the rots in the education sector, occasioned by government inability to fulfill agreements entered into with the body, since 1999.
At the meeting attended by the Ministers of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, Education, Adamu Adamu, Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, Ekpo Nta, Chairman, National Salaries and Wages Commission, Digital Economy and Ben Akabueze, Director General, (DG) Budget Office, the President received briefing from the government team and mandated the Education Minister to workout modalities for resolving the crisis.
As the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike enters its sixth month, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal government’s team, headed by Adamu Adamu, the education minister, to resolve the issue within the next two weeks and report back to him.
BusinessDay sources close to the meeting revealed that at the meeting with the relevant federal government team at the Presidential Villa, on Tuesday, it was discovered the Education Minister had not done enough to resolve the lingering crises.
The leadership of ASUU had February 14, 2022, declared a warning strike, to draw government attention to the rots in the education sector, occasioned by government inability to fulfill agreements entered into with the body, since 1999.
At the meeting attended by the Ministers of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, Education, Adamu Adamu, Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, Ekpo Nta, Chairman, National Salaries and Wages Commission, Digital Economy and Ben Akabueze, Director General, (DG) Budget Office, the President received briefing from the government team and mandated the Education Minister to workout modalities for resolving the crisis.
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