An official says both sides are determined to put an end to the lingering problems in the system.
The Chairman, FG re-negotiation team, Dr Wale Babalakin prepring to brief journalists after the meetingThe Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday resumed talks on the 2009 agreement.
“It is the same negotiation, we had an interim discussion, that is over now, and we are back to where we left off. So it is a continuous negotiation. ASUU submitted its timetable today, and there are more than 20 issues in that timetable. It is not a single issue, but they will all be discussed,’’ Mr Babalakin said.
PREMIUM TIMES had obtained a copy of the agreement and made it available for public viewing since 2013. But the federal government through the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, said the union ”cannot decide for the government”.Efforts to get a reaction from the union was not successful at the time of this report as a representative of ASUU, declined comments at the end of the meeting.The Nigerian government and ASUU have been at loggerheads since 2009.
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