BREAKING NEWS: Meeting to resolve ASUP strike
turns rowdy as lecturers accuse Nigerian
government of insincerity
Amina Mohammed - 15 mins ago
National, News
The meeting is ongoing in Abuja.
The meeting between the Federal Government and
the leadership of polytechnic lecturers, ASUP, went
rowdy on Tuesday amidst various accusations.
The meeting was called by the federal government
to resolve the three-month-oldstrike embarked
upon by ASUP nationwide.
The government’s delegation to the meeting, held at
the federal secretariat in Abuja, is led by the
Education Minister, Nyesom Wike, while ASUP is led
by its president, Chibuzor Asamogu.
The meeting went rowdy when the leadership of the
National Association of Polytechnic Students, NAPS,
invited as observers to the meeting, accused the
lecturers of fighting for selfish interests.
The ASUP representativesfumed and accused the
federal government of inviting students to such
meeting in order to harass lecturers.
The NAPS president, Ogbonnaya SUnday, however,
also accused the government of insensitivity to the
plight of students.
As the meeting got rowdy and a shouting match
ensued at about 1:15 p.m., journalists were walked
out of the venue and the meeting continued.
ASUP has been on strike since October demanding
among others, proper funding of polytechnics, and
an end to discrimination of polytechnic graduates in
the labour market.
More details later…
Source:- http://dailytrust.info/index.php/
news/14937-drama-as-fg-asup-students-meet-
over-strike
turns rowdy as lecturers accuse Nigerian
government of insincerity
Amina Mohammed - 15 mins ago
National, News
The meeting is ongoing in Abuja.
The meeting between the Federal Government and
the leadership of polytechnic lecturers, ASUP, went
rowdy on Tuesday amidst various accusations.
The meeting was called by the federal government
to resolve the three-month-oldstrike embarked
upon by ASUP nationwide.
The government’s delegation to the meeting, held at
the federal secretariat in Abuja, is led by the
Education Minister, Nyesom Wike, while ASUP is led
by its president, Chibuzor Asamogu.
The meeting went rowdy when the leadership of the
National Association of Polytechnic Students, NAPS,
invited as observers to the meeting, accused the
lecturers of fighting for selfish interests.
The ASUP representativesfumed and accused the
federal government of inviting students to such
meeting in order to harass lecturers.
The NAPS president, Ogbonnaya SUnday, however,
also accused the government of insensitivity to the
plight of students.
As the meeting got rowdy and a shouting match
ensued at about 1:15 p.m., journalists were walked
out of the venue and the meeting continued.
ASUP has been on strike since October demanding
among others, proper funding of polytechnics, and
an end to discrimination of polytechnic graduates in
the labour market.
More details later…
Source:- http://dailytrust.info/index.php/
news/14937-drama-as-fg-asup-students-meet-
over-strike
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