Hajia Ireti Kingibe, the Labour Party Senatorial candidate for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal government to reach a workable and proper resolution to enable students have quality education.
Ireti who made the call during an interview with WAKA ABOUT Grassroot Media in Abuja, said the strike was having negative impact on students hence she appealed for speedy resolution of the Face-off before the youths with start getting involved in some negative Vices such as drug abuse, cultism, armed rubbery and banditry accross the country.
The strike action embarked upon by ASUU brings it to six months the students will stay at home over the failure of government and the union to reach a workable agreements.
The lecturers’ are demanding funding of the Revitalisation of Public Universities, Earned Academic Allowances, University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) and promotion arrears.
Others are 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.
However, she also promised to give the FCT residents an inclusive representation if elected into the National Assembly next year.
“Our youths in public universities are losing their most active and creative years, while their parents are undergoing a painful agony of witnessing their children and resources waste away.
“I make this call in the overriding interest of our nation, but more particularly for the huge number of students, parents, academic and non- teaching staff in public universities across the country.
Speaking on the ugly security situation across the nation, Hajiya Kingibe called on the security operatives to leave up to expectations to help address the challenges.
