Strike: Ngige turned issues to personal matters – Jega

A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, has accused the minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, of turning issues with the Academic Staff Union of Universities into a personal matter. Jega made this known in an interview with Arise Television monitored by our correspondent on Wednesday morning. Jega said, “At

FG presents certificate of registration to ASUU faction

The federal government has presented a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA). Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, presented the certificate to CONUA on Tuesday. CONUA is a breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Ngige also presented a certificate of registration to the National Association

#ASUUstrike: Details of FG’s meeting with lecturers emerge

The Federal Government has insisted it supports the renegotiation of the welfare package for university workers in line with current realities. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, stated this during a meeting with members of the 2009 FG and university-based unions renegotiation committee on Monday. Ngige admitted the government was not pleased with

FG, ASUU meet to resume negotiation

ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke and Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige The Federal Government through the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, is set to meet with the Academic Staff Union of Universities today, Monday, April 11, 2022, The PUNCH reports. The meeting which is scheduled to commence by 5 p.m will

To Avert Strike, FG Pays ASUU N52.5bn Revitalisation Fund, Earned Allowance

The federal government has stated that it has paid lecturers N30 billion Revitalisation Fund and N22.5 billion Earned Academic Allowance, stressing that it has made lot of progress in the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding reached with the university workers. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, who spoke to THISDAY at