Emulate Jonathan’s Technique To Resolve Strike, ASUU President Tells FG

Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Tutorial Workers Union of Universities (ASUU), has said that the federal authorities ought to emulate former President Goodluck Jonathan in resolving the lingering industrial motion.

The strike, which started on February 16, is a results of the federal government’s incapacity to totally tackle the union’s calls for.

The economic motion has lasted for greater than six months with the federal authorities, by way of the schooling and labour ministers, discovering it troublesome to achieve a decision.

Talking on the way in which ahead, Osodeke, in an interview with AIT’s Focus Nigeria, said that the quick previous administration engaged the union in a 14-hour negotiation to resolve the problem.

He mentioned the federal government of the day ought to arrange a committee comprising individuals who love the nation and might negotiate dispassionately.

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“Authorities ought to for as soon as go the way in which of Goodluck Jonathan. And in a single night time, we had that assembly for 14 hours,” he mentioned.

“Open. Either side have been open, no class, no energy, no sitting energy, and we checked out all the problems and we resolved it inside 14 hours.

“If this authorities can put out a robust workforce, if the president can’t be there, let him put a robust workforce collectively or people who find themselves not a part of those that are telling lies presently.

“Individuals who love this nation. They don’t must be in authorities. When you can put this factor collectively and we meet to have a look at how we are able to resolve this nationwide drawback.”