By Femi Falana
It is public knowledge that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila intervened in the last strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Several meetings were held with the relevant stakeholders by the leadership of the House. While briefing the Nigerian people of the resolution of the crisis on October 10, 2022, the Speaker did categorically state as follows:
“We agreed with ASUU and the
government on certain things which we took to Mr. President. I have visited the
President twice. First time we made our recommendations with the government
shifting some and ASUU shifting some. We spoke with Mr. President. There was
one sticking issue which was the issue of no work no pay. And the President did
ask that he would suggest the recommendations and would have one more meeting
which we did on Friday after the budget.
‘‘That meeting was even better than the first one we had with him, and Mr. President had agreed to settle things. I am not going to talk about that now and that he would disclose whatever it is tomorrow, Tuesday which is tomorrow.” (https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/10/deal-sealed-asuu-strike-over-in-matter-of-days-gbajabiamila/) .
