Oyelere stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta on Thursday.
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The President also urged students in Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions to exercise patience as the government strives to address the nagging issues in the nation’s university system within the ambit of the resources available.
The students who converged at their campus gate this morning marched down to the major highway which connects commuters traveling from Ife to Ibadan and vice versa.
ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja.
Much of this Babylonian mindset characterized the infamous military era of the 1960s to 1980s when soldiers with questionable characters forcefully seized power and repeatedly bastardized those institutions that pillared nationhood. That was when a strange national reward system began to find firm footing in the country. That was the beginning of the subjugation of our best brains by illiterates and morons in the name of quota system. That was the genesis of the belief by a section of the country that Nigeria belongs to them and so, every other region must play second fiddle.
Justice Uche Agomoh gave the order on Tuesday after listening to the application of Ola Adeosun, the counsel to Ojo to award the cost against the University for delaying the dispensation of justice.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that extension by another 12 weeks will make it 20 weeks students will stay at home.
NANS President, Sunday Asefon, in a statement made available to our correspondent, condemned the inaction of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari over the industrial action which started on February 14, 2022.
A member of the NEC told our correspondent that the strike may be extended with the submissions given so far at the meeting.
The academic staff body also said it would decide on the next course of action after the expiration of its warning strike.
Sources said the national leadership of the union would make public its decision on Monday.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige gave a hint in a statement on Friday that FG and ASUU will resume talks with a view to ending the prolonged closure of Nigerian public universities.
Ashiru made the plea during a virtual lecture on ‘” No Dull Moment in Islam” Platform on the topic” Putting an end to the perennial ASUU strike: The Role of the Academia, Government, Parents and Students”, saying ASUU alone has been under attack by the state and the general public.
The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, said this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja on the strike.
It would be noted that on Tuesday, students equally protested around the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, calling for immediate reopening of public universities across Nigeria.
Student groups had earlier declared mass protests across the country for Tuesday. The locations announced in some of the fliers obtained by our correspondent were, the University of Ibadan main gate, UNILAG main gate, and in some places in Edo State.
The union made this known in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Dr. Peter Adamu, and Assistant Secretary, Dr Akos Ibrahim, and made available to newsmen in Kaduna.
Comrade Abdullahi Danfulani, state Chairman of TUC Kaduna, made the call at a press conference as part of the activities marking the 2022 workers day celebration on Sunday in Kaduna.
NANS President, Sunday Asefon, made this known in a statement made available to our correspondent.
Lawan also celebrates the workers for their immense contributions to the development of the nation.