ASUU~GIST:NUC Says Strike Might End Soon,Giving Hope To Students.

Executive Secretary of the National
Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie,
says he is confident that the protracted
strike by the Academic Staff Union of
Universities will soon be called off.

Okojie, who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja
at a meeting with journalists, said the
commission had been doing everything
within its powers to ensure a speedy
resolution of the issues raised by ASUU so
that students could return school.

He said, “We are part of the system and we
understand the issues, we are meeting with
members of the union all the time and the
issues are being tackled.

“So, we are optimistic that the strike will
soon be called off and our children can go
back to school in the shortest possible
time.”

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The NUC boss also reacted to the call by
ASUU for NUC to be scrapped, saying “the
call is not in good faith as the commission
has not gone to sleep over its duties.”

Also speaking on the recurrent
disagreement between the commission and
some professional bodies over
accreditation and running of certain
courses by some universities, Okojie acknowledged that there were issues that needed to be resolved between both
parties.

“There is no country in the world where
regulatory bodies and professional bodies
go to regulate at the same time.

So, it is true we are having problems with
professional bodies in carrying out our
mandate, but the issues too will soon be
resolved and we can move on,” he said.

The Executive Secretary, who said that the
commission had closed many faculties
found to be unfit to run courses in certain
universities, admitted that, “it is not easy to
be a regulator.”