Okotie implores the FG to find a long-term solution to the ongoing strikes by ASUU.

Interim government campaigner and former presidential candidate Rev. Chris Okotie has urged the federal government to seek a long-term solution to the problem as members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) return to work today following their eight-month strike over the condition of educational facilities in the nation.

Without the establishment of Aboriginal Democracy, he said, “Labour unrest would continue, much like other recurring problems in the polity.”

In a statement released by his media adviser, Ladi Ayodeji, the Okotie Media Office stated that while he was relieved that the ASUU strike was over, he does not anticipate an end to the ongoing labor disputes unless professional associations are given the legal authority outlined in his interim government proposal.

In order to promote economic stability, Okotie asserts that “the professional organisations should, by virtue of their competence, establish laws that control their spheres of influence, meaning ASUU should develop laws for education while the medical association does the same for the health sector and so on.

The issue we now face is that a collection of legislators has gathered to pass legislation in technical fields they are unfamiliar with. That is the real reason for labor problems throughout the nation.

The cleric anticipated that ASUU may start another round of strikes, similar to doctors and other NLC affiliates, following what seemed to be a short period of calm in the educational sector.

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