It’s Amazing ASUU Stayed Out Of Classrooms For So Long: Buhari

It’s Amazing ASUU Stayed Out Of Classrooms For So Long —Buhari
Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed surprise over the continued nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Recall that ASUU has been on strike since March 2020 over demands for more funding for public universities and renegotiation of the 2009 FG/ASUU agreement.

In a statement to newsmen after a meeting with the 36 state governors at the Presidential Villa, Buhari described as “amazing” the failure of the lecturers to suspend their strike.

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The president slammed the university lecturers for not taking into consideration the larger challenges facing the country.

“Government conceded something. The problem is that they refused to look at the problem of the whole country.

“The Minister of Labour is working hard at it. It is amazing how ASUU will stay out of classrooms for so long. There’s a need for our elites to understand the challenges facing the country,” Buhari said.