The new Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, has met members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, who are presently on an industrial action for over few months now.
Shekarau, who was appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja, is meeting with the leadership of the union on Thursday.
According to reports, the new Minister of Education is currently having talks with ASUP at the Ministry of Education secretariat in Abuja. The meeting started about 3:15pm.