ASUU Strike: Osinbajo to head FG’s team in resolving contentious issues

ASUU Strike: Osinbajo to head FG’s team in resolving contentious issues ON AUGUST 30, 2017 6:18 PM IN NEWS ABUJA– VICE President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has been appointed to lead the Federal Government Negotiation Team to interface with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to resolve some of the contentious issues. Already the Vice President was lurked in a meeting with the government team yesterday and was expected to schedule meeting with the leadership of ASUU after. This is as the Federal Government has blamed the private sector of being responsible for the delay in constituting the Minimum Wage Review Committee. Meantime, the Federal Government has awarded a contract sum of $5.792 billion for the Mambila Hydro Electric Power Plant in Taraba State expected to be completed within six years. The decision to hand over the Federal Government Negotiation Team to Prof. Osinbajo was reached at the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by Pres...