Federal Government of Nigeria and ASUU logos
By Our Reporter
The Federal Government has presented a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), a breakaway faction of ASUU. This move NATIONAL WAVES gathered will reduce the power of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
This was contained in an invitation sent to journalists on Tuesday by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Oshundun Olajide.
Olajide noted that the certificate would be presented by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige.
CONUA, a breakaway faction of ASUU with presence in a few federal universities, is led by its National Coordinator, Niyi Sunmonu, a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State.
The invitation read: “The Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige cordially invites you to the recognition and presentation of Certificate of Registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA).
“The Programme is scheduled to hold as follows:
“Date: Tuesday, 4th October 2022
“Venue: Hon. Minister Conference Room, Federal Secretariat, Phase 1, Abuja.
“Time: 2:00pm.
“Your media organisation is invited to cover the event and strictly by invitation.”
It would be recalled that ASUU embarked on strike on February 14, 2022, to press home the demand for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues.
Several meetings between ASUU and the Federal Government had ended in deadlock due to non-agreement on the demands.
The Federal Government later went to court to challenge the strike but the union insisted it would not resume until its demands were met by the government.
