The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says academic strikes in universities must never happen again.
The Speaker said this in a statement on Friday, while reacting to the suspension of the eight-month-long strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
While thanking the Federal Government and the ASUU leadership for finding a way to end the strike, Gbajabiamila said it is time to “admit certain harsh truths and take radical action.”
He regretted that the strike lasted for eight months and noted that it should never have happened in the first place.
“Our public universities should be citadels of learning and innovation, where young people discover themselves and reach for the stars,” he said.
Gbajabiamila called on the government, universities, unions, and citizens “to begin the critical conversation about the future of public tertiary education in the country.”
