President Muhammadu Buhari has pleaded with the striking lecturers in the public universities in Nigeria to exercise more understanding with the Federal Government ,promising to look into their demands
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities extended their strike this week which started since February, following the failure of the government to release revitalization fund for the public university system, replace IPPIS as payment platform and accept UTAS, implementation of the 2009 Memoranda of Action amongst other demands
Buhari who made the appeal during the 19th National Productivity Day awards on Thursday in Abuja , urged the lecturers to call-off their industrial action and return to the classrooms in the interest of students
He also asked students in public tertiary institutions to exercise patience with government ,assuring them that government would look into various matters affecting within the available resources
Chief of Staff to President ,Prof.Ibrahim Gambari had met with the leadership of ASUU and other unions within the public university system alongside Minister of Education, Minstter of Labour and Employment and that of Finance,Budget and National Planning had met with leadership of ASUU with the aim of addressing the demands of the lecturers
Buhari assured of the Federal overnment’s commitment to the raising the standard of the education in the country ,to ensure a brighter future for young Nigerians
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige addressing newsmen,said that the meeting agreed on grey areas including salary structure, funding of public universities amongst others demands
He added that the meeting would continue next week
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