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While answering questions from lawmakers, during the Senate ministerial screening on Wednesday, Ekumankama Nkama from Ebonyi, admonished young Nigerians to tap into new areas of investment, so as to foster self-reliance and productivity, particularly in the country’s trade sector.

He also spoke on the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Nkama said if appointed into the Ministry of Labour and Employment, he would ensure that the Federal Government and ASUU reach a compromise, while also urging the National Assembly to provide additional funding for the educational sector, so as to meet some of the needs of the union.

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He said, “There will be the need for compromise. For a very long time, ASUU has been sticking to its guns that all the agreements reached earlier must be implemented. And we know that from the same source – the same national purse – there are several contending interests seeking attention.

“My advice will be that the Federal Government and ASUU will have to come to a compromise, and through this, we would be able to solve the issue of the ASUU strike once and for all. I know the importance of budgetary provision. I want to appeal to the Senate that when the budget is being made for the coming year, there will be adequate provision for the education sector so that some of these needs that the ASUU members are asking for as a union will be met.”

Lending his voice to the need for an end to the ASUU strike, another nominee Adegoroye described the union’s action as against the interest of Nigerian students.

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(Punch)

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