Rt Hon Goodluck Nanah Opiah who is the Nigerian Minister of State for Education has finally reiterated and restated some of the reasons which are behind the stance of the Federal Government of Nigeria on the controversial no work, no pay policy stance which had been placed on the resolution of the industrial strike.
The Minister had also made the disclosure that having done what the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, had demanded, the government had also expected the university teachers to now return to school unconditionally.
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The minister, who had also stated this in a release on Saturday by his SA Media/Public Affairs, Kelechi Mejuobi, said that the Federal Government had done its best to resolve the crisis averred that the “no work, no pay policy” is a universal policy not peculiar to the country alone.
Opiah, who had been on a working visit to the Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State, had reiterated that while regretting that the strike has caused a setback in the education sector where the government, students, parents, and lecturers are the losers, he had also requested the pro-chancellors’ and chairmen of governing councils of universities to come into the matter and convince ASUU to reconsider its position.
He had also been full of praise for the management of the institution for the pace of development recorded so far. The minister had also called for continued harmony between the Governing Council led by the Pro-Chancellor, Senator Chris Adighije, and the management, adding that it will facilitate the needed development for academic excellence.
In another report, the former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has provided insight into how he was able to resolve a four-month strike during his administration in one night.
Jonathan made this disclosure while speaking during the 70th birthday celebration of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Revd (Dr) Matthew Hassan Kukah in Abuja, yesterday.