The presidency on Saturday urged parents to join the Federal Government in begging the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its ongoing strike, IgbereTV reports
The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the president, Garba Shehu, made the call during the 11th graduation ceremony of Glisten International Academy in Abuja.
He insisted that the government was doing its part and urged parents to prevail on the varsity lecturers to end the strike.
The presidential aide’s call came just 24 hours after the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, appealed to parents to beg ASUU to suspend the strike.
The union embarked on a four-week warning strike on February 14 over the federal government’s failure to honour agreements signed by both parties.
ASUU demands include the revitalisation of public universities, payment of earned academic allowances and the deployment of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) for payment of university lecturers’ salaries, among others
