Open A Realistic Negotiation With ASUU – Uzor Kalu Tells FG As Strike Continues

The Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has lamented the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), calling for urgent action to resolve the issue.

Kalu in a personally signed statement on the matter said incessant strike encourages brain drain and contributes significantly to the poor quality of graduates in the Country.

He, therefore, urged the federal government to engage ASUU appropriately with a few to find a lasting solution to the strike action which has kept the doors of the nation’s public universities locked and the students at home since February 2022.

Kalu in his statement on Wednesday, asked the federal government to implement the signed agreement with ASUU in the interest of the nation and the future of the students.

He wrote: “Incessant strikes disrupt the academic calendar, encourage brain drain and contribute significantly to the poor quality of graduates in the Country, with far-reaching implications for national development.

“The federal government should urgently take all necessary measures to open a realistic negotiation with ASUU to stop the strike and implement the signed agreements in the interest of our students, their parents, the education sector and the Country.

“We must stop playing with the future of our youths.”

Naija News recalls as the impasse between the government and striking lecturers continue, ASUU has reacted to the ‘enough is enough’ comment of President Muhammadu Buhari on its ongoing strike.

Buhari on Monday had charged lecturers who had been on strike since February 14 to return to their classrooms in the interest of their students.

The president stated this when he received some Governors of the All Progressives Congress, lawmakers and other dignitaries in Daura, Katsina State.

The President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke while reacting to the president’s statements in a chat with The Nation on Tuesday said it is the union and Nigerians who voted for the leaders that should tell them enough is enough.