President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to proffer a solution to the lingering ASUU strike and submit a report to him in two weeks.
President gave the directive on Tuesday at the State House during a meeting with relevant government Ministries, Agencies, and Departments (MDAs).
The president received briefings on the current face-off with the university unions since February 14.
The meeting was attended by Minister of Education Adamu Adamu, Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed.
Others are the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami; the Head of Service of the Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan; the Chairman of National Salaries Income and Wages Commission, Ekpo Nta; and the Director-General Budget Office, Ben Akabueze.
ASUU commenced a nationwide strike on February 14 over the adoption of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) of the government as the payment system in the university sector.
The Union had also decried the poor funding of universities, non-payment of salaries and allowances of some of their colleagues, and the inability of the government to pay earned academic allowance to lecturers.
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