The Federal Government has commenced the process of breaking the ranks of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over incessant strikes plaguing the nation’s public universities.
The FG has recognised the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), a breakaway faction of ASUU, which has been officially registered as a trade union.
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Daily Trust reports that the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment confided in our correspondent on Tuesday, that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, will present a Certificate of Registration to the new union before close of business today.
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It was reported that the move is part of processes to deregister ASUU, with a view to checkmating its incessant strikes that have grounded public universities in the last 7 months.
In September, the FG threatened to withdraw registration of ASUU as a trade union over its alleged failure to submit its audited reports as required by law in the past five years.