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STRIKE: Nigerian govt, polytechnic teachers meet Tuesday
The Federal Government and leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) will meet on Tuesday in Abuja over a planned strike by the union.
The Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, invited the ASUP leadership to the meeting in a bid to nip the strike in the bud.
According to him, the meeting will begin by 11:00 a.m. at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja.
The statement read: “The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has invited the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) to an emergency meeting following the union’s threat to embark on another round of strike.
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“The emergency meeting is to hold tomorrow, the 6th of April 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in the Ministry’s Headquarters in Abuja.
“The minister, who explained the reason for the emergency meeting, said it is intended to nip the strike in the bud.”
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