PRESIDENT BUHARI GIVES EDUCATION MINISTER TWO WEEKS TO RESOLVE ASUU STRIKE

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu to resolve the prolonged strike embarked upon by the four university-based unions and report back to him in two weeks time.

President Buhari gave the directive on Tuesday after he received briefings from the relevant government Ministries, Agencies and Departments involved in resolving the face-off with the university unions.

Mallam Adamu Adamu Minister of Education

Recall that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, had proceeded on one month warning strike on February 14, and other unions also withdrew their services after that as a result of the alleged inability of the federal government to meet up with their demands.

The three other unions that embarked on strike are the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions, NASU and the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT

President Buhari summoned the Tuesday meeting to receive briefing from the government team on while the strike has lingered for too long. The President after hearing from the relevant MDA's directly involved ordered the Minister of Education to ensure that the impasse was resolved within two weeks and report back to him.