Federal Govt Raises Panel To Renegotiate Agreement With ASUU
The Federal Government has raise panel to renegotiate agreement with ASUU, The Nation report.
The Federal Government has reconstituted a team to renegotiate the 2009 agreements it entered with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Reconstituting the team, Education Minister Malam Adamu Adamu said there was the need to speedily bring to conclusion all outstanding issues in the 2009 agreements.
This, the minister said, is in order to achieve the desired industrial peace on the nation’s university campuses.
Adamu said this yesterday in Abuja in a statement by the ministry’s Director of Press, Mr. Ben Goong.
He listed the chairman and members of the reconstituted 2009 FGN/University-Based Unions Agreements Re-negotiation Team as: Prof. Emeritus Nimi Briggs, who is also the Pro-Chancellor, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (Chairman).
The members are: Lawrence Ngbale, Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Wukari (member from the Northeast), Prof. Funmi Togunu-Bickersteth, Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Birnin Kebbi (member from Southwest).
Also in the list are: Senator Chris Adighije, Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Lokoja (member from Southeast), Prof. Olu Obafemi, Pro-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna (member from Northcentral).
Prof. Zubairu Iliyasu, Pro-Chancellor, Kano State University of Science and Technology is the member from Northwest and Matthew Seiyefa, Pro-Chancellor, Niger Delta University is the member from Southsouth.
Adamu said the team would be inaugurated on Monday.
He urged all advisers and observers in the Federal Government and University-Based Unions On 2009 Agreements Re-Negotiation Team to attend the inauguration.
