ASUU STRIKE: Reps Ask ASUU Not To Give Up

xFormer Chairman, House of Representatives
Committee on Education, Farouk Lawal, yesterday,
appealed to the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, to return to the negotiating
table with the Federal Government to bring an end
to the lingering strike.
Lawal, who spoke during a chat with newsmen, also
charged the Federal Government not to always cave in to
pressure to sign an agreement if it knew the terms were
stringent.
He recalled that similar incident had occurred in the past
when government bowed to pressure and later backslid,
stressing that dialogue remained the best way out of the
present ASUU/FG impasse.
He said: "I think, in the first place, that the best way of
resolving any crisis is through dialogue and it is on this
note that I am appealing to ASUU to resume negotiation
with the government.
"I am appealing to both sides to resume negotiations
because, it is only through dialogue, it is only through
consultations, that the issues can be resolved.