Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has not taken over Federal
Government’s negotiation with the striking Academic Staff Union of
Universities, contrary to media reports.
The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on
Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a message he posted on
his twitter handle, @akandeoj, on Friday.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris
Ngige, had in an interview with State House correspondents at the end of
Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting given an indication that Osinbajo
had taken over the negotiation.
He had said a meeting would be held in the Vice
President’s office after which they will get back to ASUU for another round of
meeting.
“At council today, the Vice President has taken over some
of the aspects of the negotiations and discussions. So we are continuing the
meeting in his office and when we finish meeting, we will get back to ASUU for
another round of meeting.
“We are hopeful that we will be able to go to an
appreciable extent to solve some of the outstanding issues that is preventing
them from going back to work,” Ngige had said.
But Akande said the media reports that the Vice President
had taken over the negotiation as untrue and inaccurate.
He said Ngige and the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu,
would continue to lead the negotiation.
“News reports that Vice President Osinbajo has taken over
ASUU negotiations is untrue and inaccurate. Labour and Education Ministers will
continue to lead the talks,” Akande wrote.
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