ASUU STRIKE WILL SOON BE HISTORY- NLC PRESIDENT

The National President of Nigeria Labour
Congress Abdulwaheed Omar has stated that
the ongoing Academic Staff Union of
University ASUU strike would soon be call
off
while advising security agents to device new
strategy to tackle the security challenges
facing the country.
Omar speaking in the same vein with Niger
State Governor Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu
at
the 10th Quadrennial Conference of the
Nigeria Civil Service Union in Minna,
decried
the impunity and use of security agents to
oppress people in Nigeria polity.
He stated that the NLC recognizing that
ASUU is an affiliate body held a meeting
with
the union on Monday and would present
the
position to Vice President Namadi Sambo
now
leading the government negotiating team.
The NLC President said: "The ASUU strike is
a
matter of concern to all of us, ASUU is an
affiliate of NLC we held a meeting two days
ago for reaching an understanding, we are
to
meet the Vice President".
He stated that the congress is hoping to
bring
both parties together saying that "very soon
ASUU strike will be history."
The NLC boss stated that the strike has
reached the level it was because
government
does things with impunity "government
signed
an agreement and they said it was previous
administration, if government can inherit
foreign reserves from the previous
administration while dodging the agreement
reached by the previous administration ,
government should fulfil its sides of the
bargain."