Strike: Why FG, ASUU meeting was postponed

The meeting of the federal government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) slated for yesterday to iron out some grey areas that had prolonged the strike embarked upon by the union was postponed with no reason given.

The nine-month-old strike, which was compounded by the introduction of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), has paralysed academic activities in all public universities.

The spokesman of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan, who disclosed the cancellation via a short message sent to our correspondent, did not state why the meeting was postponed.

But it was gathered that the leadership of ASUU turned government’s invitation to the meeting following the labour minister’s accusation that the union failed to honour a “gentleman agreement” reached at the last meeting that held November 27.