The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said on Tuesday the Federal Government adopted voluntary conciliation in a bid to ensure quick resolution of the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), IgbereTV reports
The minister stated this at a three-day capacity building workshop on International Labour Standards and Dispute Resolution in Nigeria in Abuja.
The varsity lecturers began a 30 days warning strike to protest the federal government’s failure to honour agreements signed by both parties on February 14.
The union extended the strike for another 30 days on Monday.
Ngige said voluntary conciliation was adopted instead of arbitration in order not to delay the process for the resolution of the dispute with the striking lecturers.
He said: “I could have transmitted the matter to the IAP or the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN).
“But I used my discretion to weigh the situation to know if it would cause more delay in the resolution of the dispute in a court process.”
