The stakeholders’ meeting called by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, over the lingering face-off between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities has commenced.
The meeting began around 3:45 p.m.
Gbajabiamila had called a stakeholders meeting for 3 p.m. to address the crisis that had resulted in lecturers shutting down universities for more than seven months.
The Speaker had invited Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning; Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour, Employment, and Productivity; Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education; and other key stakeholders.
The leadership of the House and ASUU were in attendance, while the ministers of finance and labour were absent. The Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Opiah, and a representative of the labour ministry were, however, in attendance.
Gbajabiamila, however, said the meeting would go behind closed doors after the opening remarks by the stakeholders.