Education Minister Tunji Alausa has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is determined to ensure that there are no industrial actions in the education sector.
Alausa, who spoke on Tuesday as a guest on a national television programme, said the President had directed his team to ensure that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions in tertiary institutions across the country do not embark on a strike.
He said: “The President has directed that not again in this country will ASUU or tertiary institutions’ trade unions go on strike.”
The minister announced that the government regularly meets with ASUU, the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU).
“It is just not promising; there has to be a lot of relationship building. Beyond that, the government is meeting its obligation with these unions.
“That is what has been lacking in the past governments. They sit with these unions; they are very good people. Over the years, the government will just renege on those agreements,” he said.
Alausa also debunked the rumours of a looming strike in the tertiary institutions.
