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STRIKE: Only FG can resolve the impasse — ASUU

Ibadan—ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said only the Federal Government has solution to the on-going strike. According to the union, the pitiable condition of universities across the country is a mockery of global standards of university education. Speaking through Dr Deji Omole, Chairman of UI branch, in Ibadan yesterday, the academic union said it had never opposed negotiation. Omole said the union will continue to fight to force the Federal Government to wake up to her responsibilities of investing in education. He stressed that ASUU was not making new demands but the implementation of the 2009 agreement and 2013 Memorandum of Understanding. “When you reach an agreement you must implement it. They just finished Ileya festival and why are we celebrating? It was because someone promised to sacrifice his son to God. When he decided to fulfill it, God replaced that with ram and that is why we are celebrating. Jesus Christ also promised to come and die for the sin of th