After about four hours of talks, the meeting between the Federal Government’s team and leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities came to an end without the lecturers calling off the strike they declared on Monday.Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen.
The minister said: “We had a fulfilling discussion. Where necessary, we debated and put forward our points on both sides. We used the Memorandum of Action which we entered into in February 2019 and looked at issues that were not fully addressed. We moved to the non-caption of some ASUU members on IPPIS platform which resulted in the withholding of their salaries.
According to him, the system would take the university system back for many years, adding that it had become a feature of governance in Nigeria to watch situation degenerate before looking for solution.
You better negotiate.