FG PLEADS WITH ASUU TO CALL OFF STRIKE

She made the call today in an interview with newsmen after a workshop on World
Bank Initiated Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) Project in Abuja.
We are still pleading with them, let them do all they can to make our students
return to classes. We are talking, and we will continue to talk. We are also meeting with all
stakeholders to resolve the crisis, and we are confident that very soon, the strike will be called
off," Ms. Rufa'i said.
The minister didn't stop there and said the government was working hard to change the
university system and make it better which is the main demand of the striking lecturers.
Earlier, speaking at the workshop, the minister said that the ACE project was a higher education
project seeking to promote regional specialisation among participating universities within the
Science, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) areas. She said it addresses particular common
regional development challenges and strengthens the capacities of those universities to deliver
high quality training and applied research.