The gathering agreed to set up a high power delegation to look into issues brought up by the NUEE and report back within two weeks.
Universities will get N23.5 billion, polytechnics N6 billion and Colleges of Education N4 billion, bringing the total sum to N33.5 billion.
Chairman of the vice-chancellors committee, Samuel Edoumiekumo, in an interview on Sunday in Abuja, said both parties needed to agree to end the strike as soon as possible.
The minister said it was important that a speedy resolution was reached so that students could return to school.
“ASUU should have by now called off the strike because that’s what the law says.”
Nigeria would have been in turmoil without the leadership style of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Ngige asserted.
The minister said the ongoing warning strike was illegal because the demands of the union were already being addressed since last year.
The federal government is hoping that the partnership would explore opportunities in Nigeria’s agriculture sector.
The labour minister said his position was in line with the regime’s shift to commercial agriculture.
“It is unethical for doctors to embark on strike. I have said it so many times in the past and I will continue to say it. Doctors should not go on strike.”
