The emergency meeting had been scheduled for Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at 11 am.

A statement by the Director of Press in the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Bem Goong, on Monday, titled “Education Minister invites ASUP to Emergency Meeting,” said the invitation followed the threat by ASUP to embark on another round of strike.

He said, “The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has invited the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics to an emergency meeting following the threat to embark on another round of strike. The emergency meeting is to hold tomorrow, April 6, 2021, at 11 am in the Ministry’s headquarters in Abuja. Explaining the reason for the emergency meeting, the Minister said the meeting is intended to nip the strike in the bud.”

Goong recalled that ASUP had issued a notice of strike over what the union described as the refusal of the government to implement some of the agreements entered into between them and the Federal Government.

A statement released this afternoon July 27, by the Director of Press, Ministry Of Education, Ben Bem Goong, says students in exit classes are to resume immediately after the Salah breaks so they can take their WAEC examinations scheduled to begin August 17.

Goong said this decision was taken at the virtual consultative meeting of the Federal Ministry of Education, Commissioners of Education in the 36 states, the Nigerian Union of Teachers, Proprietors of Private schools, and Chief Executive of Examination bodies.

Read the statement from the Ministry of Education below