Thursday 12 June 2014

FG moves to resolve dichotomy issue between HND and first degree holders!



Going by the communique released by the Federal Ministry of Information, the logger -head between the  Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) and the Federal  government will soon be resolved as executive members of these groups have been meeting to seek possible ways of bringing the logjam to an immediate end. 





The statement below:
The Federal Government says the logjam between members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) and the government will soon be resolved. 
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Dr Macjohn Nwaobiala, said that the government had adopted different approaches to end the protracted strikes.  
He disclosed that the leadership of the Senate and the House of Representatives had also intervened at various levels.
Nwaobiala expressed optimism that going by what was on ground, the strike would be called off as soon as possible.
The Permanent Secretary revealed that the government has gone far in the bid to resolve the issue of dichotomy between the Higher National Diploma (HND) holders and first degree holders.
He disclosed that the Committee set up by the Federal Government to look into the issue had submitted its report to the government.   
He said: “Different approaches have been adopted to end the strike. The Senate and the House of Representatives are inter-facing with the Ministry of Education and labour, and I hope the strike will be called off as soon as possible”.

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