The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has called on Nigerian parents and guardians whose children are affected by the ongoing shutdown of academic activities in government-owned universities to appeal to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off the lingering strike.

ASUU had declared a nationwide strike on Monday, February 14, 2022.

The strike, according to the union, was as a result of the failure of the government to meet some demands such as the release of the revitalisation funds for universities, release of earned allowances for university lecturers, deployment of the University Transparency Accountability System for the payment of salaries and allowances of university lecturers, renegotiation of the ASUU-Federal Government 2009 agreement among others.

Since the strike began, stakeholders had called on the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to find a lasting solution to the strike and increase funding of tertiary institutions.

The President, in a meeting with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, alongside his other colleague, gave a directive to the members of his cabinet involved to ensure a speedy solution to the strike.

However, our correspondent reports that close to three weeks after the directive by the President, the union was yet to suspend its strike.

Featuring on a programme on Channels Television, Keyamo noted that the government had done its best and appealed to parents to “beg” ASUU.

“The moment they went on strike, we intervened, what is the manner again beyond that ? Even before the strike began, we called them to a meeting, what manner is more than that? It’s not like we left them to go on strike first and we were sleeping, as the talk started, they still went on strike.

“You can not allow one sector of the economy to hold you down and then blackmail you to go and borrow N1.2 trillion and our total income is around N6.1 trillion and we have roads to build, health centres and other sectors to take care of.

“I will tell the parents, everybody to go and beg ASUU like the President said the other time, those who know them should appeal to their sense of patriotism. The nation can not ground to a halt because we want to take care of the demands of ASUU”.

Source: https://punchng.com/Beg-ASUU-we-cant--borrow-Keyamo-tells-parents

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The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, on Friday said it was unrealistic for the Federal Government to borrow money to end the months-long strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities

But you can do a give away the sum of 1.4b to Niger republic for vehicles

The parents and guardian are watching 2023 should come quick.
Yet y’all budget 26trillion for 2023 elections we shall see.

This APC government is wicked. Buhari once said in 2014 that no responsible government will allow our kids to stay at home as a result of strike, this goes to show that his government is not a responsible one at all.

These politicians deserve mass imprisonment on a deserted island

But you can borrow money to buy N1.4b SUVs for Niger Republic. You people need to think inward. Nigerians are getting tired.

Buhari/APC administration is a very funny one.

Just after the COVID lockdown, most of the schools ran two academic sessions within a year, just to meet up.
Now the students are spending around 6 months at home and they will be rushed again once the strike ends.
The products will end up being half baked graduates.

May God help us.

Beg ASU while Buhari is busy dashing money to his fellow Fulani country

Beg ASUU there’s no money yet you are buying luxury SUV for Niger after spending over $1 billion constructing rail line that leads nowhere…

God abeg

Don't worry you will be retired soon. Then you will know how to beg well.

Ok o! But you can borrow to buy vehicles for Niger Republic's government officials, right ? God will surely judge you and your insensitive oga ( Buhari)

Na wa o

And some people on this forum wey sufferness don become their way of life are shameless still supporting this useless Buhari led APC government

Useless government

But you borrowed to construct Lagos to maradi rail line and also give Niger Republic 1.4billion .

I guess APc is for Niger Republic.

bloody terrorist party