The House of Representatives leadership will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss resolving the ongoing dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).





Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, who made the announcement following a meeting with stakeholders, stated that they will share a report of their interactions with key stakeholders in the dispute and make recommendations that will allow the President to view the issues at stake from an informed second option.


The meeting was attended by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Sen Chris Ngige; the Head of the Federation's Civil Service, Folashade Yemi-Esan; the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Sylva Okolieaboh; the Director General of the Federation's Budget Office, Ben Akabueze; and the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NIT ASUU's delegation was also present, led by its president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke.


Gbajabiamila urged both sides to give in and make concessions from their initial demands, emphasizing that the interests of the children at the receiving end of the trade dispute should take precedence.



He stated;



"We will gather our recommendations and thoughts and present them to Mr. President; that is why we are here to interact and seek solutions."

"Once again, we are running a government, and nobody, no individual, no group, whether legislative, judiciary, or whatever, can be above the government, above the law."

"We can't be against, and I'm specifically addressing ASUU, we didn't say because the court has given judgment, that's the end of our conversation." Despite the court ruling, we are still looking for solutions; we haven't even addressed it here, and I don't want to.

"Otherwise, we could've said, if the government has rendered judgment, I'm not sure if there's a stay of execution, I'm not sure."

"We are appealing to you because the Judiciary has spoken, the Executive has spoken, and the Legislature is about to speak with the Executive; nobody can be wrong and only one person is correct." For me, the UTAS solution is satisfactory; there is no victor or vanquished; everyone is carried along.

"For the sake of emphasis, the House begs you to put all interests aside and consider our children's interests."

"The white paper we promised you, the letter is here, and it is now awaiting the President's final approval."

"On revitalization, I asked the DG budget here if there was any provision in the budget." We made a promise to you, and we intend to keep it.

"With regard to the UTAS issue, you stated that you hadn't seen the report; we have it here, so we've been working for you.">>>>
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