Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), says the
open lamentation of President Muhammadu Buhari on the ongoing industrial action
by the Academic Staff Union of Universities has “opened doors” for him to
urgently intervene.
Mr Tinubu spoke while meeting with members of the National
Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Osogbo, the Osun state capital.
“We initially thought of using back channels to engage the
leadership of ASUU but now President Buhari has thrown down the Gauntlet. He
has even shown his lamentation in the last 48 hours and as a result of that he
had left the job open for our intervention,” the APC leader added.
Mr Buhari had during the Sallah holidays in a statement
issued by his media aide Garba Shehu, said, “Truly, enough is enough for
keeping students at home.”
But ASUU president Emmanuel Osodeke snapped back the
president retort, asking him to action the report of the committee he detailed
to negotiate with them. Mr Osodeke maintained that the Buhari regime was
responsible for the prolonged strike
Mr Tinubu, seeking to curry the students’ favour, promised that the lingering ASUU strike would
soon be called off and asked the university students to prepare for their
resumption back to class.
ASUU on Monday, February 14, 2022, embarked on industrial
action over the alleged failure of the government to attend to its lingering
demands.
Part of their demands includes the release of revitalisation
funds for universities, renegotiation of the ASUU-FGN 2009 agreement, and
deployment of the University Transparency Accountability System for the payment
of salaries and allowances of lecturers.
The public universities lecturers are also asking for the
release of the white paper report of the visitation panels to their various
institutions among others.
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