The Federal Ministry of Education has begun efforts towards meeting the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This was disclosed by the ministry in a press statement by its Director of Press and Media Relations, Ben Goong, on Thursday.
The press statement from the education ministry titled, ‘Federal Government constitutes white paper drafting panels for tertiary institutions, explained that ten white paper drafting panels have been constituted.
The statement read in part, “Following the receipt of reports of Visitation Panels to Tertiary Institutions last year, Education Minister, Adamu Adamu has constituted White Paper Drafting Panels for Tertiary Institutions across the country.
“Ten White Paper Drafting Panels have been constituted for 36 Universities, while six Panels have been constituted for 25 Polytechnics with 21 Colleges of Education having 5 Panels.
“One Panel is to draft a White Paper for four Inter-university centres. the Panels will be inaugurated in the coming days.
“All the Panels have two weeks from the date of inauguration to submit their reports.”
The ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, could not be reached for his comments as of the time of filing this report.
