Honor agreements with ASUU to avoid strike, Sultan tells Buhari

Sokoto Sultan Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar has tasked President Muhammad Buhari to honor the agreement reached by the federal government with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

On Wednesday, the traditional ruler who is also the chancellor of the University of Ibadan also said this in his speech at the grand closing ceremony of the 73rd Founders’ Day of the University of Ibadan.

Sultan charged the federal government to do everything possible to fulfill the agreement with the lecturers, to prevent the country’s public universities from falling into another round of strikes.

He said that God never promised anyone what he would not do, and at the same time urged Buhari to ensure that his regime would not violate the agreement so that the speech and others would have confidence in the government.

From his words:

” I will like to request that the visitor (President Buhari) should please look into the request by ASUU. We have just heard that an ultimatum has been given to the government by ASUU.

“Where agreements were made and reached, uphold such agreements. A good person upholds any promise made to anybody. As Muslims, we know that almighty Allah does not say what he cannot do. It is terrible in the eyes of the Almighty to say what you cannot do.

“If the government has entered into any agreement with ASUU, please try and redeem such agreements so that our universities can remain open and our children remain in school for the betterment of our great country.”