The Presidency has queried the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, over the lingering strike.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on
Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, wondered why ASUU was holding the President
by the neck over an agreement not signed by his government.
Shehu recalled that the agreement in contention was signed
in 2009 by the then Federal Government.
Featuring on Channels Television’s programme, Politics
Today, Shehu said Buhari’s government cannot meet their demand 100 percent.
He disclosed that the Federal Government needs to pay
attention to other sectors of the country.
According to Shehu, the military needs weapons to fight
terrorists, hence government can’t pay all its attention on ASUU alone.
He said: “As for ASUU, the president has the right to appeal
on behalf of Nigerians, this is six months or more of the ongoing strike.
“Is it right for anyone to insist on taking 100 percent of
all of those grievances that they have? Don’t forget that what is the cause of
this problem is a 2009 agreement with the then government that they have no
capacity to deliver upon and have passed it from one government to another.
“So, we might ask the question, why is Buhari being held by
the neck? What happened in the past? Why didn’t they strangle those past
administrations on these matters? That’s our worries.
“The Federal Government has put a lot of substance on the
table. Will the Federal Government yield to 100 percent of ASUU demands, I want
say.
“There are also other sectors of the economy yearning for
attention, the military need weapons, guns to fight terrorists. We have to look
into other sectors of the economy.
“The Minister of State for Education has assured that we are
about to turn the corner and all these issues are about to be resolved. We have
reached this level in the past and my prayer is that it would soon end.
“They have family members and leaders within the community,
so they should prevail on them to resume classes and those elements that have
not being resolved can be talked over.”
This is coming when Buhari urged the academic body to
consider the future of students and call off the lingering industrial action.
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