The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has said that President Bola Tinubu has directed him to ensure that public institutions do not embark on strike.
He said the Tinubu administration was determined to avert industrial action in the education sector.
Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the minister said Tinubu has directed his team to ensure the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and other bodies in tertiary institutions across the country do not embark on strike.
“The President has directed that not again in this country will ASUU, or tertiary institution trade unions go on strike,” he said on the current affairs show.
He said the government is having a regular meeting with ASUU, the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU.
“It is just not promising, there has to be a lot of relationship building. Beyond that, the government is meeting its obligation with these unions.
“That is what has been lacking in the past governments. They sit with these unions, they are very good people. Over the years, government will just renege on those agreements,” he stated.
DAILY POST reports that during the same interview, the minister made clarification on the controversies surrounding the age of admission into secondary school and universities.
