The Minister of State for Education, Rt. Hon. Goodluck Nanah Opiah, has disclosed that the strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will end soonest.
Rt. Hon. Opiah made the disclosure while fielding questions from newsmen during a reception organized in his honour by his friends in Owerri weekend.
Speaking, Opiah assured that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is working hard to end the industrial action by ASUU.
He said: “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”.
On his own part, he said he is “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,” he concluded.