Federal Government has scheduled to meet with the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic to stop the union’s threat to embark on a strike.
In a statement on Monday, ASUP Director of Press, in the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Bem Goong, said that the meeting had been planned to hold today (Tuesday), March 6, by 11:00 am.
The statement titled “Education Minister invites ASUP to emergency meeting”, said the invitation followed the threat by ASUP to embark on another round of strike.
“The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has invited the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics to an emergency meeting following the threat to embark on another round of strike.
“The emergency meeting is to hold tomorrow, April 6 2021 at 11:00am in the Ministry’s Headquarters in Abuja.
“Explaining the reason for the emergency meeting, the Minister said the meeting is intended to nip the strike in the bud,” the statement read.