By our reporter| The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on President Buhari’s government to emulate former President Goodluck Jonathan in resolving the lingering industrial action.
ASUU president, Emmanuel Osodeke, who made the suggestion on the way forward, while speaking in an interview with AIT’s Focus Nigeria, said the Jonathan administration engaged the union in a 14-hour negotiation to resolve the issue.
According to Osodeke, the government of the day should set up a committee comprising people who love the country and can negotiate dispassionately.
“Government should for once go the way of Goodluck Jonathan. And in one night, we had that meeting for 14 hours,” he said.
“Open. Both sides were open, no class, no power, no sitting power, and we looked at all the issues and we resolved it within 14 hours.
“If this government can put out a strong team, if the president cannot be there, let him put a strong team together or people who are not part of those who are telling lies presently.
“People who love this country. They don’t have to be in government. If you can put this thing together and we meet to look at how we can resolve this national problem.”
The university teachers embarked began the current strike action on February 16, over government’s inability to fully address the union’s demands.
The industrial action has lasted for more than six months with the federal government, through the education and labour ministers, finding it difficult to reach a resolution with the striking teachers.
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