The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chief Chris Ngige, has disclosed unequivocally that the current ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union Of University {ASUU} Will come to an end before the end of the year and Universities across the country will be reopened by January 2021. #ASUU Strike
The ASUU Strike which has been on for over 9-months now since before the COVID-19 lockdown seems to have finally gotten to a crescendo, as the Minister declared at an event he attended at Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State yesterday Monday, December 21, that his ministry and the FG have met at least 98% of the all of ASUU’s request while some 5% left are just promissory notes.
The Minister Chris Ngige said; “We have met about 98 percent of the request of ASUU. Some 5 to 2 percent is what you can call promissory notes. So, I am very hopeful that by midnight today, there are some works we are supposed to get on to do. They also have some work they are supposed to do on their own side with their people.
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“Tuesday, we will meet in the afternoon and we will compare notes. We will put everything on the table and compare. I believe that we might have come to the end of the strike when we meet tomorrow.Well, it is a journey of a thousand miles which you will have to take one step first. Tomorrow, all things being equal, we will agree now to agree because we were disagreeing before.
We disagree to agree and agree to disagree formerly. But tomorrow, I hope we will agree to agree. Once we do that, schools will re – open in January,” the Minister said
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