The Federal Government has reconstituted a team to renegotiate the 2009 agreements it entered with the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
Reconstituting the team, the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, said there was the need to speedily bring to conclusion all outstanding issues in the 2009 agreements.Featured
This, according to the minister, is in order to achieve the desired industrial peace on the nation’s university campuses.
Adamu disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday in a statement by the ministry’s Director of Press, 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, as Chairman.
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The members are Lawrence Ngbale, Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Wukari, as member from the North East; Prof. Funmi Togunu-Bickersteth, Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, as member from North West.
Also on the list are Senator Chris Adighije, Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Lokoja, as member from South East; Prof. Olu Obafemi, Pro-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, as member from the North Central.
Prof. Zubairu Iliyasu, Pro-Chancellor, Kano State University of Science and Technology, as member from North West and Matthew Seiyefa, Pro-Chancellor, Niger Delta University, as member from South South.
The Minister added that the team would be inaugurated on Monday.
Adamu, therefore, called on all advisers and observers in the Federal Government and University based Unions 2009 agreements Re-negotiation Team to attend the inauguration.
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