Our Agreement With ASUU Is Impossible To Implement - FG

Emeka Wogu: Nigeria's Minister of Labour

Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu on Tuesday at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretariat said that the agreement signed between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government of Nigeria in 2009 is practically impossible to implement under the led President Goodluck Jonathan's administration.

The Minister who made this known when he appeared before PDP's National Working Committee (NWC) to render his achievement as a Minister appointed under the platform of the ruling party said the relative industrial harmony being enjoyed over a long time in the country, employment and job creation, social security and improvement in the National Minimum wage and its implementation as vital highlights of his performance.

He stated that the Presidency is finding a way out of resolving the issue to the satisfactory of both ASUU and the Federal Government .

He said: "I inherited an agreement signed by the Federal Government with ASUU and that agreement was practically impossible for any administration to implement. We are still discussing with them, if I leave here, I am going to the Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) where we are meeting with them. I hope that very soon, we will resolve it."

On the job creation efforts of the government, he said that the Subsidy Re-Investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) from the Community Service Scheme Women and Youth Empowerment Programme of the Federal Government has engaged 120,000 persons out of the 185,000 targeted for the year 2013.