Negotiations with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other tertiary education unions have entered their last stage, initiated by the Federal Government.
This information was disclosed by Tunji Alausa, the Minister of Education, during a meeting of the ASUU Technical Working Group on Conditions of Service on Wednesday in Abuja.
Alausa stated that the group was completing a counter-offer to be given to the unions via the Allied General United Federal Government Tertiary Institutions Negotiations Committee and that any unresolved concerns will soon be settled to avoid more industrial action.
President Bola Tinubu has ordered that every effort be made to keep Nigerian students in school and prevent disruptions to the academic calendar, and the minister emphasized that the committee’s work is in line with this instruction.
“Our children must continue attending school, as the President has stated. One of the requirements for the condition of service is being finalized by the technical working group. A counteroffer to them is currently being finalized.
The Allied General United Federal Government Tertiary Institutions Expected Negotiations Committee should receive that counteroffer to ASUU by the end of today, or at the latest tomorrow, he stated.
He continued by saying that with the N50 billion in Earned Academic Allowance that Tinubu issued, the current administration had already made great strides.
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