There are indications that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, may suspend its ongoing industrial action soon.
Femi Adesina, who absolved his principal from all the blame as far as strikes by lecturers are concerned, as according to him, it's been a systemic problem, said President Muhammadu Buhari is committed and ready to resolve the lingering strikes by the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) “once and for all”.
Despite the assurances and the seeming new approach, pockets of disturbances typified by blockages of major highways by students are being intensified.
For instance, hundreds of travellers who were travelling Friday morning from Lagos and other smaller towns and cities going through Ife ilesa road could not continue with their journey as students of university of Ife blocked the Ife -Ilesha road.
They were forced to turn back and eventually diverted to ipetodu in osun state to link up to another roads thereby bycotting the troubled road.
Those going through the road to Akure, Benin, Kogi and to the northern part of the country were being forced to look for alternative routes.
However, Adesina, who appeared on Channels Television, Politics Today, on Thursday said that the fact that Buhari has set up high powered committee, including, his chief of staff, a former lecturer, means he wants a lasting solution to the crisis, adding, "varsity teachers' action dates back years.
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MetroBusinessNews gathered that the striking lecturers are favourably disposed to giving the government a 'breather', by suspending the three months strike.
However, it was further learnt that the suspension may last for just three months, within which the Federal Government would provide the needed 'lasting' solutions.
But lecturers are insisting that the principle of 'good faith' must have to be demonstrated by the government by putting down 'substantial' of the amount being requested for earlier before the strike could be suspended.
Stakeholders say, although the action of government is belated, action must be expedited to avoid escalation and consolidation of pockets of demonstrations by students all over the country. The union commenced a warning strike on February 14 over the inability of the Federal Government to meet its demands and implement some agreements the two parties entered into previously. The industrial action was on Monday, May 9, extended by another 12 weeks, which is expected to elapse in August
