By Paul Akalonu
Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, stated that all hands must be on deck to ensure that academic strikes at institutions become a thing of the past.
The Speaker made the remark in a statement congratulating the Academic Staff Union of Universities on the completion of an eight-month strike.
Academics had requested, among other things, improved welfare and the revitalization of public universities.
While praising the Federal Government and the ASUU leadership for reaching an agreement to stop the strike, Gbajabiamila stated that it is now time to admit some hard facts and take decisive action.
He regretted that the strike lasted for eight months and noted that it should never have happened in the first place and calls on the government, universities, unions, and citizens to begin the critical conversation about the future of public tertiary education in the country.
