ASUU strike’ll soon be over – NUC

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.”
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.”

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