The Minister made the appeal during the 16th pre-annual General Assembly lecture organised by the ABU Alumni Association in commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the university in Zaria on Friday.
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Buahri said this Friday at the presentation to the joint session of the National Assembly of 2023 Appropriation Bill still underway in Abuja.
The FG’s lawyer, James Igwe, and lead counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana (SAN), told the Court of Appeal that despite the admonition, they could not resolve the dispute.
First, it was a threat by the oil workers senior staff association (PENGASSAN) to shut down oil operation in Nigeria following the federal government insincerity in the negotiations with the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU). Interestingly, the oil workers union suddenly remembered to pull force with ASUU almost eight months after our universities were shut down.
The Appellate Court suggested twenty-four hours for the two parties to have a rethink, sit down and come out with a resolution that would make Nigerians happy.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, led officials of the Lower Chamber to the meeting.
It has come with a series of fireworks ranging from taking ASUU to the Industrial Court, to the threat of proscribing ASUU.
Buhari said this on Tuesday at a summit by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission.
It stated this shortly after the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, unveiled the new unions on Tuesday.
He made the appeal when he spoke with newsmen on Monday in Ilorin, Kwara State on the over seven months strike.
Dr. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, made the FG’s position known on Sunday in a statement.
The lecturers’s association, however, regrets that the protracted strike by its members has taken this long without solution.
The President gave the explainer on Saturday in a broadcast to the nation on Nigeria’s 62nd independence anniversary.
This is as the office of the Accountant General of the Federation revealed its readiness to accommodate issues of concern to ASUU over the payment platforms, Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System and the University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) that constituted a major part of the issues that led to the strike.
Oloyede, who was also the Vice Chancellor of Summit University, Offa, Kwara State, gave the advice on Tuesday.
“While ASUU is bound by law to obey the court order, you can force a horse to the river but cannot force it to drink water.Compelling them to teach is like owing someone money and asking for more time to enable you to pay but eating the best food that money can afford.”
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has approached the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, to challenge the National Industrial Court, NIC, which ordered it to call off its over seven-month old strike action.
The final year Law student of Benue State University filed the case over the Academic Staff Union of Universities strike.
The meeting was a follow up to an earlier one Speaker Gbajabiamila held with the ASUU leadership on Tuesday.
The Registrar of Trade Unions has reportedly sent a query to ASUU to explain why its certificate should not be withdrawn.