Universities will reopen in January- Chris Ngige says
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has assured that Nigerian universities that have been on strike for over 9 months will reopen by January 2021.
The minister disclosed this while speaking at a function in Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, yesterday December 21
“We have met about 98 percent of the request of ASUU. Some 5 to 2 percent is what you can call promissory notes. So, I am very hopeful that by midnight today, there are some works we are supposed to get on to do. They also have some work they are supposed to do on their own side with their people, he said
“Tuesday, we will meet in the afternoon and we will compare notes. We will put everything on the table and compare. I believe that we might have come to the end of the strike when we meet tomorrow. Well, it is a journey of a thousand miles which you will have to take one step first.
“Tomorrow, all things being equal, we will agree now to agree because we were disagreeing before. We disagree to agree and agree to disagree formerly. But tomorrow, I hope we will agree to agree. Once we do that, schools will re – open in January,” the Minister said
What you (Chris ngige) are saying do not involve only you but including another party, until we hear from other party, we won’t take to your words.
ASUU has been on strike for up to ten months now and the students have been roaming around the street, something meaningful burgent most be done.
Is it because none of your children is in the Nigeria university that’s why you people are toying with the education of the young ones. Just remember that there’s no long thing.
Why is it that education of Nigerians don’t matter to you at all? Just remember what pa awolowo said that”those children of poor that you refuse to train will not allow your children to have peace of mind”. Take a look at what’s happening in northern part of the country. Enough for the wise.
you push your better agree to agree on because we are still looking forward to resuming school come January anything exciting that may cause very high problem in the country
Hope it is true…… Pls you should resolve your issues with asuu before the beginning of New year…
Says who? You are beginning to sound like a broken record. Oga minister
Did I hear them say 9 months. Almost one year that students have been out of school because of strike
This is a shame of a nation and is some how to hear
This government is not doing well..o
They send their children abroad to study and now come back and mess the educational sector here up
God will judge them
the tri-city remain you people have no option than to open school.com January because if it does exceed joinery then we are going to take this to the street that is all