There are signs that the Federal Government is doing everything it can to appease the striking university professors, who are being led by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Prof. Emeritus Nimi Briggs (Pro-Chancellor, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo) has been appointed as Chairman by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.
The new team will revise the deal reached with ASUU in 2009.
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Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students NANS staged a demonstration outside the ministry in Abuja, expressing their discontent with the strike.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, the Minister of Education walked out on the kids on that fateful day, infuriating some demonstrators.
In reassembling the team, Adamu stated that any unresolved issues in the 2009 agreement must be resolved quickly in order to achieve the desired industrial peace on our campuses.
Arc. Lawrence Patrick Ngbale (Pro-Chancellor, Federal University) is another member of the renegotiation committee. Prof. Funmi Togunu-Bickersteth (Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Birnin Kebbi) -Member (North East), Sen. Chris Adighije (Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Birnin Kebbi) -Member (South West), Wukari -Member (North East), Prof. Funmi Togunu-Bickersteth (Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Birnin Kebbi) -M Prof. Olu Obafemi – (Pro-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna) – Member (North-Central), Prof. Zubairu Iliyasu – (Pro-Chancellor, Kano State University of Science and Technology) – Member (North West), and Barr. Matthew B. Seiyefa, mni – (Pro-Chancellor, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island) – Member (North West) (South-South)
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The team will be inaugurated by the Minister on Monday, March 7th, 2022 at 12 noon in the Minister’s Conference Room, headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Education, Abuja, according to a statement published by the ministry.
It also noted that all advisers and observers in the Federal Government/University-based Unions 2009 agreements Re-negotiation Team are expected to attend the inauguration.
Recall that ASUU had embarked on a month-long warning strike to press home demands bothering on universities revitalization funds as well as the implementation of the Integrated personnel Payrolls and Payment Systems IPPIS.
Since the strike commenced academic activities in the entire university system in Nigeria have been shut down.
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