The Nigerian Federal Government claims to have taken all necessary steps to put a stop to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
In a meeting with the provosts and vice chancellors of federal universities on Tuesday at the National Universities Commission (NUC) in Abuja, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, claimed that all prior attempts by the government to get the teachers back in the classroom had failed.
He said that in order to terminate the seven-month strike, he and several other government officials had spoken with the union on numerous occasions.
“We have done the best that we can in the circumstance. After inter-ministerial consultations and rounds of hard negotiations with all government agencies, we interacted with the Unions. I personally, gave it all it required to resolve the current challenges.
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“I met the Unions anywhere and everywhere possible with facts, with figures, and with absolute sincerity.
“For example, I directly met with ASUU leadership in my house, in my office and at the ASUU Secretariat on several different occasions, in addition to other formal engagements going on,” he said.
The Minister continued by saying that President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed them to refuse any unreasonable demands.
ASUU had ordered the shut down of public universities on February 14, 2022, demanding for the full execution of the agreements the union and the Federal Government had made.
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