Federal Government of Nigeria has assured Nigerians that the protracted ASUU strike would end this year as it has met over 98% of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
This was disclosed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige. He said that it remains about 2% demands to be agreed on and the result will be announced on Wednesday.
He said, “We have met about 98 per cent of the request of ASUU the remaining two per cent is what you can call promissory notes. So, I am very hopeful that by midnight of Monday, there are some works we are supposed to get on to do. They also have some work they are supposed to do on their own side with their people.”
“We will be meeting in the afternoon of Tuesday to compare notes. I believe that we might have come to the end of the strike after the meeting. It is a journey of a thousand miles which you will have to take one step first.
“Tomorrow, all things being equal, we will agree because we were disagreeing before. We disagree to agree and agree to disagree formerly. But tomorrow, I hope we will agree to agree. Once we do that, schools will open in January,” he added.
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