The Federal Government has declared the current two-week warning strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities as “illegal”.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, gave the government’s position in Abuja after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.
He said ASUU did not give the government the “mandatory notice” required of a union before proceeding on the strike. The minister said, “I am in shock. The strike is illegal because they did not give us the mandatory notice.DOWNLOAD THE PUNCH NEWS APP NOW ON
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