FG cancels meeting with striking lecturers, judiciaries
No end in sight to the ongoing industrial action by the polytechnic lecturers, judiciary workers as the Federal Government (FG) has cancelled a meeting scheduled for today (Thursday) with the leadership of the striking Unions.
No reason has been yet given for the cancellation of the meeting which was meant to find the solution to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria.
The polytechnic workers are demanding the implementation of the 2014 NEEDS Report, the release of revitalization fund to the sector, reconstitution of governing councils in federal polytechnics and state-owned institutions, among other things.
While Judiciaries on the other hand are asking for financial autonomy for the judiciary and the implementation of Executive Order 10 signed by President Muhammdu Buhari, in May last year.
The polytechnics and the courts had been shut down following the strike action by the lecturers and the judicial workers.
FG cancels meeting with striking lecturers, judiciaries – The Informant247