How I Resolved ASUU Strike – Goodluck Jonathan Reveals
As the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) continue with their over 6-months strike, former president Goodluck Jonathan, has revealed how he was able to resolve the union’s four months old strike during his administration.
Speaking during the 7Oth birthday celebration of Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah in Abuja on Wednesday, Jonathan recalled presiding over a meeting with leaders of ASUU and others in attendance and the strike was resolved in one night after series of committees had been set up and meetings held but yielded no fruitful result.
“The society we are managing is complex, now we are talking about ASUU strike, during my time too, ASUU had four months of strike, different committees were meeting and meeting and nothing was working.
“I said how can our children stay out of school for four months. So I had to call a meeting of all the leadership of ASUU.
“I presided over the meeting with my vice president, the Attorney General was there, I said that that night we must solve the problem.
“The Attorney General was there, Secretary to the Government of the Federation was there, the ministers of education were there, the labor ministers were there the finance ministers, everybody that has to do with it.
“And I thought that my being there would help us to do things quickly. But we spent the whole night, before we finished on like 5:30am Before we concluded and the strike was called off, so there were issues,” Jonathan said.
