ASUU: Osinbajo Calls For Urgent Action On Strike, Economy

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has charged the APC-led government on urgent action to tackle the issues on the country’s economy and the industrial action embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

According to a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo made the call when he received the APC Governors in his office at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday over his recent surgery.

Osinbajo tasked the progressive governors to work with the Federal Government with a view to bringing urgent resolution to the economy and ASUU strike for the benefit of Nigerians.

The Vice President, who expressed his appreciation to the governors for the visit and the good wishes, commended the expertise of Nigerian doctors and the availability of cutting-edge medical facilities in the country.

He, however, regretted that doctors are restrained by regulations to advertise, saying that many people are unaware of the level of quality medical services available locally.

"We all need to work together on these critical issues.

"We need to think through things, and we need to do it fast,” Osinbajo said.

Present at the meeting were Governors Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), and Muhammad Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa).

Others included Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (Kwara), Abubakar Sani Bello (Niger), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), and the Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, Kelechi Igwe.