The Federal Government has set up a tactical committee to review its ‘no work, no pay’ stance against the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
This followed a meeting by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu; with Pro-Chancellors, Chairmen of Councils as well as Vice Chancellors of universities, held behind closed doors as part of efforts to resolve the seven-month-old industrial action by the lecturers of public universities.
The Director of Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, who disclosed this to journalists after the meeting which lasted for over two hours, said that the committee is to also look into issues of increase in the salaries of the university lecturers and come up with workable solutions.