The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige,
has said that the splinter group of the Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) is not yet registered by the federal government.
Speaking in a telephone interview at the weekend, Ngige
said: "They have not been registered; their application is in the ministry
and we are looking at it."
On government's position, Ngige said the ministry would wait
until it gets a formal report on the group's activities.
The splinter group known as Congress of University Academics
(CONUA) emerged recently saying they left ASSU in order to redefine unionism
and to restore peace and stability in the universities in Nigeria.
The group, which addressed journalists after their first
national stakeholder forum at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), said they
are putting necessary documentation in place for official recognition by the
university management and the government.
The national coordinator of the Union, Niyi Ismaheel, said
it was formed in order to articulate a new approach of engagement in addressing
the welfare of its members and to put an end what it described as the
unnecessary wasting of students' academic time as a result of frequent strike
actions.
The group, which started in OAU now has branches in Ambrose
Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State; Federal University, Oye Ekiti; Federal
University, Lokoja and Kwara State
University, Molete.
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