The eight-month-old strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is expected to be called off in days.
“We hope that working together, in the next few days, we can put an end to this particular imbroglio in the Nigerian educational system,” ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, said at a meeting with the Femi Gbajabiamila-led House of Representatives.
ASUU President, Osodeke urged the lawmakers to work alongside university lecturers to end the imbroglio.
He said, “Please, let all of us work together to put a beautiful end to this end to this thing we have started, so that every Nigerian will be proud that we have universities we can be proud of.
“Once again, I want to thank you. I also extend our appreciation to the president for intervening, I want to appeal that in the future, we should not allow strike to linger. Strike should not go beyond two days.
“If the way the National Assembly has intervened, if we had done that long ago, or those in charge of labour and education had done exactly this, we would not be where we are today. We would not have stayed more than two or three weeks on this strike. There is strike all over the world — UK, US, all over — but they don’t allow it to last.”
“In few days, we will put this Strike to an end”
ASUU President commends intervention of the Leadership of @HouseNGR led by Speaker @femigbaja pic.twitter.com/ugdDwljMOi
— House of Reps NGR (@HouseNGR) October 10, 2022
