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Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities at the National Universities Commission (NUC) Abuja,
He said all avenue has been deployed to ensure an end to the strike but to no avail.
He said he and many government officials had engaged the union on several occasions to end the seven-month-old strike.
“We have done the best that we can in the circumstance. After inter-ministerial consultations and rounds of hard negotiations with all government agencies, we interacted with the Unions. I personally, gave it all it required to resolve the current challenges.
“I met the Unions anywhere and everywhere possible with facts, with figures, and with absolute sincerity.
“For example, I directly met with ASUU leadership in my house, in my office and at the ASUU Secretariat on several different occasions, in addition to other formal engagements going on,” he said.
The Minister added that President Muhammadu Buhari had directed them not to accept any demand that is not feasible.
ASUU initially called for a month warning strike and subsequently three month strike before calling for an indefinite one,