Presidential Media Chat: The President says this on ASUU Strike; "The President says he does not control the resources of the states and wondered why lecturers in state universities are on strike over a matter that has to do with the centre. 19.28 ASUU should consider the sincerity in government and realise his government is not ready to close down other departments of government in other to solve the problems overnight. Jonathan alleges that some of the government officials that negotiated 2009 agreement with ASUU were not competent and asks for a holistic resolution of the problem in the universities. 19.23 The president says there are certain things in the 2009 agreement with ASUU that are difficult to implement. “This particular issue is beyond the 2009 agreement.” 19.21 Jonathan alleges that politics has crept into ASUU’s strike and demands. 19.19 We can’t change the problems in the university overnight. We are using funds from other agencies to intervene in the problems in the tertiary institutions. Government is taking inventories in the universities, photographs and video clips. He says his administration is first to do that 19.17 ASUU strike is very unfortunate, Jonathan says of the ongoing strike. He says his administration has set up a technical committee to audit the situation in the universities "
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 18:10:24 +0000
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