President Buhari reacts to ASUU threat
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged the Federal Government’s readiness to honour existing agreements with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Beyond the agreement, Buhari said the pact with ASUU is in a bid to prevent disruptive strikes, engender uninterrupted academic programmes and shore up funding of educational institutions.
The President made the pledge on Tuesday in Abuja while receiving members of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC), led by the co-chairs, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar; and the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Dr. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle.
He lauded the leadership of NIREC for intervening in the year-long strike by ASUU, noting that no society which wishes itself well neglects its educational system and all its component parts.
