The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that it has met all the demands presented by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), urging the union to call off plans for another strike and return to the classrooms.
Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this known during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Monday, insisting that there was no justification for a strike action.
“We have addressed every single request by ASUU; there is no need for this strike. We are pleading with them to go back to school. We need to keep our children in class,” Alausa said.
The minister added that ASUU remains the group he has engaged with the most since assuming office, dismissing claims that the government had been slow or unresponsive to the union’s concerns.
He further noted that President Bola Tinubu is committed to maintaining fair and transparent relations with labour unions, while also highlighting several new measures taken by the administration to improve funding for tertiary education.
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