The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that it will wade into the strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) on Monday.
The assurance was given on Wednesday by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the National President of the union, Dr. Biodun Ogunyemi, announced the commencement of the strike on Monday during a meeting of the National Executive Council of ASUU in Abuja.
Ogunyemi said during the strike, there shall be no teaching, no examination and no attendance of statutory meetings of any kind in any of the union’s branches across the country.
However, in an interview with The Guardian, the Minister stated that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has a policy of engaging unions, including ASUU.
“I hope and believe that this would be a one or two days strike. We have a policy of engaging the unions, including ASUU and I think now we are very serious.
“This is the first time in two years that ASUU is declaring a strike,” Adamu said.
Adamu also held a closed-door meeting with the leader of the Federal Government Renegotiation Team, Dr. B. O Babalakin (SAN).
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Babalakin had in January, inaugurated the 16-member team to renegotiate the 2009 agreement.