The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) were able to reach a partial agreement concerning the ongoing nationwide strike declared by the union on the 5th November, 2018.

According to Punch News, Chris Ngige, Minister of Labor and Employment, made this known at the reconciliation meeting held in Abuja which was aimed at finding possible solutions to resolve the nationwide strike.
According to reports, the meeting started about 4.15pm and ended late on Monday night.

“We have finished our deliberation for today. I am happy to report that we touched some areas of understanding in implementation from the Memorandum of Action which we agreed to in 2017.

“Some of these areas we have substantial compliance and some other areas have not been fully dealt with.

“Like the issue of shortfall in salaries of some federal universities’ workers and lecturers, ASUU has given a list to the Accountant-General’s Office and we have agreed that by Wednesday that the list should be cross-checked by the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Auditing.
“So, the Accountant-General’s Office is to get back to us by Wednesday,” Ngige stated.

The Minister noted that the government was sure to have good news for the striking lecturers.
“We also discussed the issue of state universities and agreed also that even if education is on the concurrent list, the universities should be properly funded and staffed so that we do not produce half-baked students from those universities.

“In realization of this, the Ministry of Education will set up a committee that would engage the Nigeria Governor’s Forum, and the Minister of Education has taken steps in that direction to formalize the interaction,” he added.

In conclusion, Ngige said he hoped with the agreement reached that the union would call off the strike at the next meeting scheduled for 17th of December, 2018.

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