The National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has sympathised with University students over the prolonged strike by the Union. He was reacting to the N34 billion released by the federal government for payment of minimum wage consequential adjustment. The ASUU president said the students were not being punished but paying the price to ensure that Nigeria had a good education system. The ASUU president said there was no need to call off the strike when the federal government had not attended to their demands. He, therefore, called on the federal government to do the needful as the N34 billion released was not part of their demands.

Source: The Guardian May 27, 2022 03:07 UTC