By Mohammed Oluwatimileyin Taoheed
Hope surfaces online as Hon. Goodluck Opiah, the Minister of State for Education, assured that the Presidency is committed to putting a stop to the strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) soon.
The Minister made this known during his address at a reception launched in his honour by his friends in Owerri this weekend, the TrackNews covers.
“I can assure you that government is very concerned about the situation. Even as I speak to you now a lot of thinking, a lot of discussions and meetings are going on with a view to resolving the matter as quickly as possible.”
“I am hopeful that the disagreement between Government and ASUU will be resolved soon so that our children can go back to school”.
Hon. Opiah claimed that the problems in the educational sector are high and that the Buhari-led administration is relentless in a bid to curb it and ending the unceasing strike too.
He added that he would leave an indelible mark in the sector by working with the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu.
In his words: “I am prepared to make impacts in the Ministry and the Education sector working with the Minister, Mallam Adamu Adamu. Where there are challenges there must be solutions. And I can assure you that we will find the solution and our children will go back to school.”
