Ahead of thursday’s meeting between officials of the federal government and the leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the union’s two-week warning strike, the government yesterday described as illegal and a pure act of corruption the warning strike, which the union began on Monday.
The government described the action as illegal because the union failed to notify it as it ought to do before embarking on the strike, adding that it is an act of corruption because the lecturers have already withdrawn their services and yet expect to be paid for the period.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, while answering questions from journalists after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in the State House, Abuja, said he was shocked to read on Monday that the union had embarked on a warning strike.
