ASUU Strike: A resort to court may not be be fastest way to solve the problem – Catholic Bishops tell FG

The Catholic Bishops of Nigeria have faulted the Federal Government’s decision to drag the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to court over the lingering seven month industrial action

They called on the Federal Government and the ASUU to find a quicker and better way of resolving the crisis so that public universities would reopen again.

This was contained in a communique issued at the end of the Second Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) at the Sacred Heart Pastoral/Retreat Centre, Orlu, Imo State, 8 – 16 September, 2022.

Part of the communique read: “The protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) since 14 February 2022 is unacceptable. ASUU has cited the non-implementation of agreements by the Federal Government as the cause. We know that efforts have been made to resolve the matter.

“However, we believe that a resort to courts may not be the best and fastest way to solve the problem. Therefore, we renew our call on the Federal Government and the ASUU to find a quicker and better way of resolving the matters under contention so that public universities will reopen.”