Why ASUU must not go on strike – NUC

By Paul Dada

The National Universities Commission says the Federal Government is already working to reconstitute the governing councils of 61 federal universities, so it is not necessary for the Academic Staff Union of Universities to go on strike.

The ASUU had given the Federal Government a two-week ultimatum to put in place the governing councils failing which its members would embark on strike.

But in his reaction, the Executive Secretary of the NUC, Chris Maiyaki, said, the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, had set up a panel to work on the list of the people who would be on the councils.

He said: “To reconstitute the councils of 61 universities is not a small feat. Government is working to ensure that people that are qualified and with the right pedigree are put in those councils”.

Maiyaki pleaded with ASUU to be patient as the government was working on the matter.

The Federal Government had dissolved the governing councils of all federal universities on June 22 last year.