FG Begs ASUU Over Strike Threat

The acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Chris Maiyaki, said, the federal government would expedite action to reconstitute the governing councils of universities, adding that the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, had put in place a panel to work on the list.

Maiyaki who spoke at a media parley with education reporters in Abuja on Wednesday, advised ASUU to shun any strike actions as plans are underway to constitute the governing councils of universities.

He was responding to the two-week ultimatum issued by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to the government to reconstitute the governing councils of public universities.

“To reconstitute the councils of 61 universities is not a small feat. The government is working to ensure that people who are qualified and with the right pedigree are put in those councils so that they can deliver on Mr. President’s Renewed Hope Agenda. We know ASUU is a body of academics and are concerned about the welfare of their members and the activities in universities but we want them to be patient with the government during this period. We appeal to them to halt the strike threat as modalities are in place to constitute the council”