By our reporter

Worried by the effect of the ongoing strike by the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, the Federal Government of Nigeria yesterday convened a meeting with the aggrieved university workers to find a way to solving the lingering problem.

Angered by the position of the government, the University striking workers declined to accept government offer insisting that they won’t call off the strike until they got an alert on the withheld salaries.

Addressing newsmen on the outcome of the meeting, SSANU president, Comrade Mohammed Ibrahim, said: “The conversation was very cordial, very fruitful, very frank. it was chaired by the outgoing Minister of State for Education at the instance of the Minister of Education, who joined the meeting virtually”

Adding, “They related the position of government that they have extracted commitment from the Minister of Finance that the payment will be made.”

He also said: “The government said that before the end of the month, November 31st, and we are still on 31st the payment will be made. We told them that until then, the mandate we have from our people is that we can only suspend when the money is paid”

He added, “Remember, so many other promises were made before. There was this clear understanding that we’re waiting for payments, we can’t suspend the strike until we get the payment.”