The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to embrace peaceful dialogue to end the ongoing strike.

The NLC President Ayuba Wabba made the call in his contributions to the report of the director-general, International Labour Organisation, during the 110th International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

“The best way to resolve disputes under the ILO rule is through a social dialogue process that works and that respects collective bargaining agreements,” he said. “That will be a lasting option to actually address some of those issues and disputes, and I think it is high time that was done.”

Mr Wabba also called on the government to end the strike by other university-based unions.

Mr Wabba said the NLC has written to Mr Buhari’s regime on how to end the ASUU strike.

“We call on the government to bring this strike to an end without further delay,” he said.

Mr Wabba explained that the NLC wrote to Mr Buhari about using a high-powered delegation to end the strike.

He disclosed that one of the main issues in contention was the deployment of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, a salary payment platform developed by ASUU.

“I think the process has been concluded. What we are waiting for is for that process to be reconvened again and for that issue to be resolved. We opened that channel of intervention, among others,” the NLC boss noted. “I am also aware that the Interfaith Religious Council also met with Mr President, and the thinking was in the same direction. We will be very committed to reviewing that process and making sure that our children are made to go back to school.”

(NAN)