GOVERNING COUNCIL: FG BEGS ASUU OVER STRIKE THREAT. (PHOTO).

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 Governing council: FG begs ASUU over strike threat The acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Chris Maiyaki, said, on Wednesday, that the Federal Government was working to reconstitute the governing councils of universities. He said the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, had put in place a panel to work on the list. The NUC Executive Secretary said the councils would be inaugurated once the list was consummated. Maiyaki spoke at a media parley with education reporters in Abuja on Wednesday. He was responding to the two-week ultimatum issued by the Academic Staff Union of Universities to the government to reconstitute the governing councils of public universities. ASUU had on Tuesday given the government a two-week ultimatum to reconstitute the governing councils of federal universities. “To reconstitute the councils of 61 universities is not a small feat. The government is working to ensure that people who are qualified and with the right pedigree a

KENYAN DOCTORS VOW TO CONTINUE STRIKE DESPITE PRESIDENT'S APPEAL. (PHOTOS).


 Kenyan doctors vow to continue strike despite president's appeal


Ruto asked doctors on Sunday to go back to work and end the strike that has hampered health services in the country.


Kenyan doctors say they will not be calling off the strike initiated nearly one month ago, despite calls from President William Ruto's appeal over the weekend.


The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists Union (KMPDU) downed tools on March 14 over the non-payment of salary arrears, delays by the government to deploy medical interns, and other grievances.


Ruto appealed to doctors on Sunday to go back to work and end the strike that has hampered health services in the country.


“I know we have a situation in Kenya facing our doctors and medical doctor interns, but I want to implore them that we as a nation need to agree that we must live within our means, fellow countrymen and women,” Mr. Ruto said.


The doctors union refused to budge, insisting they would not be ‘’scapegoats for wage bill reduction.’’


‘Our salaries, vital like any Kenyan's, are based on fair agreements. Despite government pressure, doctors' salaries, anchored on CBA, are non-negotiable,’’ wrote Dr. Davji Bhimji Atellah, National Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer at Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists Union, on X…


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