The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has said that the union will soon call off its eight-month-old strike. Osodeke said this at a meeting with the leadership of the House of Representatives on Monday in Abuja. According to him, with the meeting, there sims to be light at the end of the tunnel. He also said he hoped that there would not be any persons or group to create issues that would make the union run into any hitch.
He further hoped that the intervention by the leadership of the House would be the final for the sake of the students, adding that ASUU’s struggle was for the educational and university system in the country. The ASUU president who thanked the speaker for his intervention, explained that the strike should not have gone beyond two weeks if the National Assembly had intervened before now. He further said, Nigerian universities should also be paid in hard currencies for attracting foreign students while expressing worry over some good lecturers that were leaving the country.
Chidozie Chima | August 27, 2024
