Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has debunked the media reports that said he has taken over the Federal Government’s negotiation with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, made this known on his twitter handle, @akandeoj, on Friday.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, had in an interview with State House correspondents at the end of Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting said Osinbajo had taken over the negotiation.
But Akande said the media reports that the Vice President had taken over the negotiation as untrue and inaccurate.
He said Ngige and the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, would continue to lead the negotiation.
“News reports that Vice President Osinbajo has taken over ASUU negotiations is untrue and inaccurate. Labour and Education Ministers will continue to lead the talks,” Akande wrote.
