COEASU Strike Update: Lecturers Meet July 1st To Decide

[Shola Sholaz]

The latest COEASU Strike news update is that Colleges of Education lecturers will meet on 1st July, 2014 to review and decide on the strike.
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The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union is six month-old and there is no indication on whether it will be called off soon.
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The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), on Thursday, said it would hold its NationalExecutive Council meeting on July 1 to take final position on its six-month-old strike.
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The COEASU Chairman, Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka chapter, Lagos, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
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According to him, all the union chapter chairmen havebeen summoned to converge in Abuja for a meeting on Tuesday.
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"The meeting will focus on reviewing and updating members on the level of discussion with the government toward ending the strike.
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"After the meeting, we will take a decisive position on the strike,'' he said.
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Taiwo said the meeting between the union and the representatives of the Federal Government earlier scheduled to hold on June 24 was postponed till next week.
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"The union has held series of meeting with the government but could not reach a logical conclusion,'' he said.
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The chairman urged the Federal Government to be more committed to meeting the demands of the uni on toward ending the strike.
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"We want serious commitment from the Federal Government before we call off the strike.
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"It does not worth it to call off the strike after a long time without any commitment from the government,'' he said.