Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, has urged parents should join the federal government in begging the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end its ongoing strike.
The presidential spokesman said this on Saturday on the sidelines of the 11th graduation ceremony of Glisten International Academy, in Abuja.
Shehu’s comments come hours after Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, had also asked parents to beg ASUU to end the strike.
Shehu, who was reacting to the recent extension of the strike, said the government is doing its part, and parents should support by appealing to ASUU.
“It came like a bolt in the sky. We are shocked because it came at a time the president is giving full commitment to resolving the ASUU strike and having the students and teachers back in the school,â€