Labour Party’s senatorial candidate for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Hajia Ireti Kingibe, has called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the federal government to reach a workable resolution to end strike so as to enable students resume their classes.
Ireti who made the call in Abuja, said the strike was having negative impact on students, hence she appealed for speedy resolution of the face-off before the youths would start getting involved in some negative vices.
The strike action embarked upon by ASUU for six months now or more, and the students have been idling away at home due to the failure of government and the union to reach a workable agreement.
The FCT senatorial candidate said that lecturers were demanding funding for the revitalisation of public universities, earned academic allowances, university transparency, accountability solution and promotion arrears, others which include, the renegotiation of the 2009 ASUU-FG agreement and the inconsistency in Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System.
Hajia Ireti, however, called on the government to convene a workable dialogue to proffer adequate solution and help resolve the lingering Universities workers strike.
Hajia Ireti said the youths should not allow the current situation in the country to discourage them from coming out to vote during general elections, adding that voter apathy was a threat to good governance.
She promised to give the FCT residents an inclusive representation if elected.
“Our youths in public universities are losing their creative years, while their parents are undergoing a painful agony of witnessing their children and resources waste away.
“I make this call in the overall interest of our nation, but more particularly for the students, parents, academic and non- teaching staff in public universities across the country.”
On security, Hajiya Kingibe said security is everybody’s business and charged Nigerians to be security conscious while calling on government to leave up to expectations to help address the challenges.
