Always Embrace Dialogue With The Government – Osinbajo Tells ASUU View pictures in App save up to 80% data....CONTINUE READING
Speaking as the Special Guest of Honour at the 2022 May Day celebration in Abuja, Prof. Osinbajo, told the striking university workers to always pursue the parth of dialogue in resolving differences.
According to him, “We are not unmindful of the anxieties of our children and their parents who are plagued by thoughts of an uncertain future as they stay home because their universities have been shut by an industrial action.
“I appeal to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the broader labour community to seek the path of dialogue. Disagreement and debate have always been part of the relationship between labour and the government.
“Even as we disagree today, we must not do so as mortal adversaries but as members of the same progressive family. We both want the same thing – a country that works for all and offers each citizen a fair deal – even if occasionally we differ on how to achieve this goal.
“But at all times, we have through dialogue found a path forward. It in this spirit that I call on ASUU to embrace dialogue with the Government and I call on the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress to help facilitate a resolution of this dispute through dialogue. I believe that we can find a path forward in good faith. And this is what we will do.”
On the welfare of workers, Osinbajo said that regardless of the challenges of low revenue, COVID19 pandemic and others global economic stress, the administration has been steadfast in tackling the issues facing Nigerian workers.
