Buhari is finally ready to settle the ASSU strike once and for all according to Femi Adesina

“He (referring to Buhari) appealed to ASUU to consider the plight of those young ones. It shows that the president is ready to have this matter resolved once and for all,” Adesina speaks out on Thursday 

He also explained that President Buhari is seeking a lasting solution to the strike, maintaining that there have been strikes “under everyone”.

“Last week, I saw something on Facebook that Alhaji Shehu Shagari was appealing to ASUU to go back to class. Alhaji Shagari ruled 43 years ago. And he was appealing to ASUU to go back to school,” He added

“That shows you that this is an endemic issue. Left to the government, the students will go back tomorrow but then the issue has to be resolved conclusively so that in another six weeks, eight weeks, or six months, we don’t go back to where we are today.

“It would not vitiate the legacy of the president in any way because this dates back in time. It was there under Shagari; it was there under Buhari as a military leader; it was there under Babangida, and it was there under Shonekan — under everybody.”

In the early hour of the day, President Buhari had pleaded to all lecturers on strike to put their students under consideration and call up the strike 

“I want to use this opportunity to call on ASUU to consider the plight of the students and call off the ongoing strike action,” Buhari speech at the 19th National Productivity Day and conferment of the National Productivity Order of Merit award held at the State House in Abuja.

“I also call on students to exercise patience as we try to address the nagging issues in our university system within the ambits of available resources.”