Category: Education

Mega troubles for ex-JAMB boss as ICPC takes Dibu Ojerinde into custody

Jide Ige

Prof. Adedibu Ojerinde, a professor and immediate past registrar and chief executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, is in for mega troubles as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission reportedly took him into custody for the uptenth time over the weekend. Ojerinde’s arrest followed a warrant issued by the Federal High Court, Abuja. He is expected to face a team of investigators over new evidence uncovered in relation to his ongoing trial for the diversion of funds while he was a public officer. The…

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Unity Bank, Kitian Training Hub partner to empower 300 youths with digital skills

Jasmin Ekua, Banking & Finance

In a bid to promote SDG 8 for decent work and economic growth, Nigerian lender, Unity Bank Plc is collaborating with Kitian Training Hub, an Ibadan-based career advice and skills acquisition training centre to empower no fewer than 300 youths from Oyo State with different knowledge and skills designed to better equip beneficiaries to make career advancement. With the intervention, the Bank is providing support for sponsoring the youth training programme at the Kitian Training Hub set up to facilitate technical and vocational courses and thus drive digital skills acquisition…

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Real Reason i returned to school to study law – Amaechi

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has explained that he went back to school to study Law just to fulfill his father’s wish to be a lawyer. But the former governor of Rivers State, who hinted that he would go a step further by going to Law School to be called to bar, said he had no intention of practicing the profession even as he said he had started Masters in Corporate and Company Law at Kings College, London. Speaking exclusively to Vanguard, Sunday, in Abuja, the frontline politician and…

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Twin Brothers bag first class in law from University Of Ibadan

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

The Sanuade twin brothers, Taiwo and Kehinde, have graduated with first class degrees in Law from the University Of Ibadan. Taiwo shared photos from their convocation while expressing gratitude with honour to Jesus Christ for imparting, equipping. He wrote: “Happy Convocation to us: SANUADE, Taiwo David (LL.B) (UI) (First Class Honours). SANUADE, Kehinde Daniel (LL.B) (UI) (First Class Honours). “Thank you Jesus. The honour of this is for Jesus who has graciously given us wisdom and the necessary resources to pull this through

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Why Buhari sacked NYSC DG

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier-General Mohammed Fadah. Sources in the presidency said there was an indication that the NYSC DG’s days were numbered when the Sports minister, Sunday Dare, expressed reservations about his attitude. “The minister of sports had cause to complain about his attitude to some big men. I knew he was not going to last,” the source said. When contacted, the NYSC spokesman, Eddy Megwa, simply asked our correspondent to wait for an official statement that would be issued…

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Education Minister, Adamu insists on FG’s ‘No work, No pay’

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Nigerian Government, through the Minister of Education, Prof. Adamu Adamu, has insisted that university lecturers will not be paid for work not done in line with the ‘No work, no pay’ policy. The Minister made this known during a briefing with State House correspondents in Abuja. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, which embarked on strike in February, called off the action in October following the directive of the Court of Appeal which ordered the lecturers back to work. Following the calling off of the strike, the government paid…

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ASUU changes tactics, embarks on one-day protest over half salary

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has resolved to change its response to the recent half salary paid to its members by the Nigerian government and it is set to embark on a one-day nationwide protest rally over the “no-work, no-pay” policy for lecturers in the country. ASUU saya the protest will be organized at the branch levels of the union across public university campuses nationwide and it will take place as a lecture-free day for all lecturers who are members. A member of the National Executive Council of the…

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Half Salary: ‘FG treating us like casual workers’ -ASUU

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday accused the Federal Government of treating university lecturers like casual workers through the government’s recent action of paying its members October salary on pro rata basis covering only 18 days. According to a statement made available to newsmen after its NEC meeting at its national headquaters at University of Abuja, the union maintained that by its members on pro rata basis, the governments is treating the university teachers like daily paid workers, a situation it described as unacceptable. The union, therefore, asked…

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Why we pro-rate ASUU salary -FG

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Federal Government on Saturday explained why it failed to pay full salaries to lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. In a statement, by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the government noted that members of ASUU were paid their October salary pro-rata. According to the ministry, pro-rata was done because they cannot be paid for work not done. The statement further clarified that the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, never directed the Accountant General of the Federation to pay the…

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ASUU fumes as FG pays members half salary for October

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Anger and shock are what described the feeling among members of the Academic Staff of Nigerian University ASUU as the Federal Government only paid lecturers under its umbrella for 18 working days in the month of October. ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke, while confirming the development to a correspondent of The PUNCH newspapers said, “Yes, it is true and we are honestly shocked”. National Infinity reports that ASUU had on Friday, October 14 announced a suspension of the strike which commenced on Monday, February 14, 2022. Lecturers and senior members of…

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OOU stop students from attending classes for wearing sandals

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

The management of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ijebu Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, on Monday, barred hundreds of students from attending classes for putting on pam sandals. Our correspondent gathered that the students were stopped at the school’s Permanent Site gate in Ago-Iwoye, and told to return home to wear shoes. Narrating his ordeal, a student, who simply identified as Durotimi said he missed classes because he wasn’t allowed on the school campus for wearing pam sandals. He said, “It is disheartening. When we got to the school gate this morning, we discovered…

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Abducted UI don released, narrates experience in kidnappers’ den

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Adigun Agbaje, a professor of political science in University of Ibadan, who was kidnapped on Friday evening at Onigaari village along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway regained freedom after two nights in the hands of the dare devil kidnappers. The former deputy vice-chancellor was released by his abductors on Sunday alongside two other victims although no mention of amount paid as ransom. A statement on his behalf by his son Adewale Agbaje said: “It’s a new day today and I’m happy to be alive. I was released by my kidnappers yesterday (Sunday)…

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ASUU Strike: We are broke, no transport fares back to work -Osodeke

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says members of the union may find it difficult to get to their respective schools on Monday as they do not have money for transport. Osodeke said this on Sunday while speaking about matters arising from the suspension of the ASUU strike on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. According to him, unlike those days when lecturers lived in staff quarters very close to campuses, most lecturers now live far away from the school campuses as most schools could not…

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GTBank’s ‘You Read’ initiative hosts Damilare Kuku at book reading event

Jasmin Ekua, Banking & Finance

Booklovers in Lagos were treated to an afternoon of uplifting creative interactions at a book reading event organized by Guaranty Trust Bank (Guaranty Trust) on Sunday, October 9, 2022, at the Herbert Macauley Library, Yaba. The event is an offshoot of Guaranty Trust’s You Read initiative which aims to champion continuous learning and promote a reading culture across Africa as part of its CSR policy. The selected literature for the book reading was, Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku – a work of fiction that…

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Eight months after, ASUU suspends strike

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Exactly eight months after it began an industrial action to seek enforcement of its long-standing agreement with the Federal Government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended the strike. The decision was taken at the end of the National Executive Council meeting which was held at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja. Details of the agreement between the FG and the union remain sketchy as at the time of this report, the union’s president, Emmanuel Osodeke, is expected to release an official statement later today.

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FirstBank Partners Junior Achievement Nigeria to Implement 22nd National Company of the Year Competition

Jasmin Ekua, Banking & Finance

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has partnered with Junior Achievement Nigeria to implement the 22nd National Company of the Year (NCOY) competition which will be held on Thursday, 13th October 2022. The annual flagship event which was last held physically in 2019 will bring together 12 winning student companies from the Regional Company of the Year competition to compete for the National Company of the Year award sponsored by First Bank of Nigeria Limited. The winner of the National Company of the Year competition will proceed further to represent Nigeria…

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FG to include ASUU, other interests in IPPS, as Varsity lecturers awaits Buhari’s order on salary

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Federal Government will modify the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System to accommodate the peculiarities of the University Transparency Accountability System, a payroll system developed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities for the payment of salaries and allowances of University lecturers and the Universities Peculiar Personnel Payroll System developed by The Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities. The issue was discussed during the meeting of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and ASUU’s…

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ASUU will soon call off strike -Falana

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reiterated its willingness to call off its eight-month strike, expressing optimism that the ongoing talks between the Presidency and the House of Representatives leadership will yield positive results. Counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana, stated this on Monday in a chat with Channels Television after the Court of Appeal in Abuja ordered the striking lecturers to resume academic duties. “The legal advice that I will give to my clients is confidential. But I can assure you that the strike will soon be called…

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Meet Prof. Folashade Ogunshola, Unilag’s 1st female VC

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

The University of Lagos has produced its first-ever female Vice Chancellor, Professor Folashade Ogunshola. A professor of Microbiology at the College of Medicine, Ogunshola will succeed the outgoing Vice Chancellor, Prof Toyin Ogundipe whose tenure elapses next month. Prof Ogunsola had served as acting Vice Chancellor when Prof Ogundipe was temporarily removed following the crisis that erupted in the institution two years ago, before his reinstatement by the Federal Government. Prof Ogunsola has also served as the Provost of the College of Medicine and Deputy Vice-Chancellor.

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Breaking: ‘Go and resume immediately’ -Appeal Court orders ASUU

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has ordered the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities to resume work immediately. The appellate court gave the order today while granting leave to ASUU to appeal the interlocutory injunction of Justice Polycarp Hamman of the Abuja Division of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria on September 21, 2022, asking members of the union to resume work. The court presided over by Justice Hamma Barka, warned that if ASUU failed to comply with the court order, it automatically lost the right to appeal against…

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Excitement as FG presents registration certificates to ASUU’s rival unions

Jide Ige

Excitement and hope of a resolution of the crises rocking the Nigerian university education system was ignited on Tuesday as the Federal Government on Tuesday presented certificates of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA), two breakaway factions of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Minister of labour and employment, Dr Chris Ngige did the presentation, in an apparent move to break the resolve of the striking union. https://twitter.com/LabourMinNG/status/1577312735750246412/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1577312735750246412%7Ctwgr%5Ebdcfb3ea8c273b64dcd6fc3d7dccf40ec8597b9a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwitnessngr.com%2Fbreaking-fg-presents-certificates-to-two-breakaway-asuu-factions%2F Ngige explained that the two bodies will exist…

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FG moves to register ASUU’s rival, CONUA

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige is expected to issue a certificate of recognition to a factional trade union in the university system, the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA). This was contained in an invitation sent to reporters on Tuesday by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Oshundun Olajide. CONUA is a union for lecturers across the nation’s universities and it is led by a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Niyi Sunmonu. The group…

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Reps end ASUU/FG mediation, to make recommendations to FG

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, concluded its meetings with stakeholders over the lingering crisis between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, saying its recommendations would soon be presented to the President, Muhammadu Buhari. At the third of the series of marathon meetings held in Abuja, the government’s side urged ASUU to allow their accommodation under the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. The ASUU side, however, insisted on an independent and domesticated platform for university lecturers, challenging the National Information Technology Development Agency to prove…

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Breaking: FG recants order to re-open varsities

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

Nigeria’s National Universities Commission, Monday afternoon, withdrew its earlier circular which ordered vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors and governing councils to re-open federal universities. It was reported earlier that a circular tagged NUC/ES/138/Vol.64/135 was addressed to all vice-chancellors; pro-chancellors and chairmen of governing councils of federal universities ordering them to re-open universities. But in another circular tagged NUC/ES/138/Vol.64/136, which was also signed by the Director, Finance and Account of the NUC, Sam Onazi, the commission withdrew the order. The latest circular did not state the reasons for the withdrawal, it partly read, “I…

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NUC orders VCs to re-open varsities

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

The National Universities Commission has ordered vice-chancellors to re-open schools and allow students to resume lectures. This was made known in a letter signed by the Director, Finance and Accounts of the NUC, Sam Onazi, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed. According to the letter, which was addressed to all vice-chancellors; Pro-Chancellors and chairmen of governing councils of federal universities. “Ensure that ASUU members immediately resume/commence lectures; Restore the daily activities and routines of the various University campuses”, the letter partly reads. The development…

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ASUU: EKSU ask students to resume today

Jide Ige

Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, has directed that full academic activities should resume on campus with effect from today Thursday, September 22, 2022. The institution also appealed to the academic and non-teaching staff “to give their maximum support so that both the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic sessions would be completed without further delay”. The university management gave the directive in a statement by the Head, EKSU Directorate of Information, Bode Olofinmuagun, titled, ‘Resumption of academic activities in EKSU’. Olofinmuagun stated that “round off lectures for the second semester of 2020/2021 academic…

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NANS kick as Industrial Court orders ASUU to call of strike

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS has kicked against the National Industrial Court judgement ordering the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its strike. According to National Infinity, the Court, on Wednesday ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its seven-month-long nationwide strike. The union commenced the industrial action since February 14 to press home the demands for improved funding for universities, and a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues. Several meetings between ASUU and the Federal Government had ended in a deadlock.…

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Gridlock as protesting students block access road to Lagos Airport

Jide Ige

University students protesting the seven-month industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday morning blocked a section of the access road to the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos, Channels Television has learnt. The situation caused gridlock along the axis as the vehicular movement in and out of the airport was stalled. The spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, told Channels Television that police officers have been deployed to the scene. “Our men are there,” he said in a telephone chat on Monday morning.…

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NANS play down Gbajabiamila’s intervention, threaten to shut down Airports

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The National Association of Nigerian Students has said that the planned meeting of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, will not stop its Monday protest. NANS, in a statement, Sunday, signed by its National Task Force Chairman on #EndASUUStrikeNow, Ojo Raymond, noted that even though it welcomed the Speaker’s intervention, its pledge to ground airports in the country would be executed. Gbajabiamila had in a letter signed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Yahaya Danzarta,…

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NANS Protest moves to Iwo Road, Ibadan after grounding Lagos/Ibadan Expressway

Jide Ige

Following its protest on Tuesday that grounded the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the National Association of Nigerian Students appears to be relentless in seeking the urgent resolution of the ongoing strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The student body has therefore announced the continuation of its protest for Wednesday. In a statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer of NANS, Giwa Temitope, Tuesday night, sent to The PUNCH, NANS said it would be converging at popular Iwo Road roundabout in Ibadan on Wednesday to continue its protest. NANS…

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Three female students found dead in varsity hostel

Jide Ige

Three female students of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam campus, Anambra State were on Saturday found dead in their hostel. A source identified the students as Obidiaso Chidera (200-level Political Science student), Mercy (200-level Pharmacy student), and Emmanuella (200-level Business Administration). The cause of their deaths could not immediately be ascertained as of the time of filing this report, but it was gathered the deceased might have mistakenly locked themselves in their room from outside. However, the school authorities said security operatives are investigating the matter and at the…

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ASUU Strike: Education minister to meet university stakeholders

Jide Ige

The Federal Government through the National Universities Commission has convened a meeting with the vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors and management of Federal universities in line with the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The meeting is expected to hold on September 6, 2022, at the NUC secretariat in Abuja. This was convened in a letter written by the Deputy Executive Secretary, Administration, of the NUC, Chris Maiyaki and addressed to all pro-chancellors, chairmen of councils, and vice-chancellors of Federal universities. “As the Pro-Chancellors and Chairmen of Councils and…

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Students to remain home as ASUU extends strike action

Jide Ige

Students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria are to remain at home as the Academic Staff Union of Universities took a decision to extend its ongoing strike. The decision was taken after the National Executive Council meeting at the union’s headquarters at the University of Abuja on Monday morning. National Infinity reports that ASUU had declared the commencement of nationwide strike action on Monday, February 14, 2022, at the University of Lagos.

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NANS, headbutt ASUU over Osodeke’s ‘quack universities’ comment

Jide Ige

Sunday Ashefon, the National President of the National Association of Nigeria Students has advised the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, to apologise for calling state universities quacks. Osodeke had come under fire after an interview on Arise TV on Thursday where he addressed some issues regarding the ongoing industrial action by the union. Speaking on why some state universities pulled out of the strike, Osodeke said, “Talk about important universities, not those quacks. They’re not part of our strike.” Although he debunked the claim,…

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Insecurity: Lagos Speaker Advocates True Federalism, Implementation of Panel Reports

Jide Ige

* Says Lagos Government Proactive On Issues Of Security The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, has described Nigeria as a country that desires true federalism as part of the solutions to the nation’s security crisis. Dr. Obasa stated this on Wednesday at the 2022 National Congress and Scientific Conference of the Nigerian Psychological Association held at the Lagos State University. The Speaker, who was awarded Honourary Fellow of the academic body, lamented that insecurity had continued despite the federal government’s deployment of…

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Strike: ASUU NEC to decide on Sunday

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities will meet on Sunday, August 28, 2022, to take a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the industrial action. Sources among the union’s NEC members told our correspondent on Monday that the meeting will hold at the union’s national headquarters at the University of Abuja. Our correspondent further gathered that the council will take a decision on the industrial action based on reports from the various state congresses. The union had demanded the renegotiation of the…

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Why SSANU, NASU called off strike -President

Jide Ige

Muhammed Ibrahim, the National President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, disclosed on Saturday, that the union decided to suspend its strike to give the government a window of opportunity to fulfil its promises. After a meeting with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, at the minister’s office in Abuja, SSANU and its sister union, Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions, announced a suspension of the ongoing strike. It was gathered that the executive secretary of the National Universities Commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, was also in…

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Four pupils drown at Elegushi Beach while celebrating WAEC completion

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

About 10 pupils of Kuramo Senior College, Lekki were involved in a tragic swimming accident on Tuesday at Elegushi Beach, in the Lekki area of Lagos State, as four teenagers drowned while swimming in the water. It was reported that 10 secondary school leavers, aged between 14 and 15, went swimming at the beach to celebrate the completion of their West African Senior School Examination. The spokesperson for the Elegushi Beach Management, Chief Ayuba Elegushi, in a statement on Tuesday, said the pupils were not properly registered. He noted that…

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ASUU resolves to continue strike, says ‘Education Minister not talking to us’

Jide Ige

The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff of Union of Universities has vowed to continue the ongoing strike action, which has led to a shutdown of academic activities in public universities across the country for 167 days. National Infinity reports that the ASUU NEC met in the early hours of August 1, 2022 to review the activities and progress recorded so far. Sources at the NEC told National Infinity that ASUU was yet to hear from the minister of education, Adamu Adamu, despite a two weeks ultimatum to resolve…

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‘No deal, unless…’ -ASUU

Jide Ige

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday said it has no plan to suspend its ongoing strike but to end it permanently. It however said such can only happen when all demands have been met. The union’s President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, at a press conference in Abuja. “We want to end the strike. We are not suspending the strike. You can only end strike when all the demands have been met,” he said. While appreciating the efforts of some stakeholders on the strike, Osodeke, however, said “it is not…

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All eyes on ASUU’s August 1 NEC as Buhari gives marching order to Education Minister

Jide Ige

The Academic Staff Union of Universities is to hold its National Executive Council meeting in the first week of August 2022 and top on the table will be a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the nationwide strike which enters its 155th day today. The chairman of ASUU, Federal University of Technology, Minna chapter, Dr. Gbolahan Bolarin, confirmed the planned meeting to our correspondent of The PUNCH on Monday. This is coming on the heels of a two weeks ultimatum to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu by…

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ASUU deny FG’s N1.2tr demand

Jide Ige

Emmanuel Osodeke, National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday said the union was not aware of the N1.2tn that the Federal Government said it would need to meet its members’ demands. Prof. Osodeke also accused the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, of misinforming the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), about the ongoing strike by the union. The Federal Government had, in a statement on Wednesday, by the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Olajide Oshundun, claimed that…

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Enough is Enough: Buhari sends warning signal to ASUU

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday lamented the insensitivity to the plight of students by the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities for not calling off its industrial action, saying enough is enough. He said this on Monday in Daura, Katsina State, when he received some governors of the All Progressives Congress, legislators, and other political leaders at his residence. The ASUU strike has entered its fifth month, with the hope of a resumption not in sight as the lecturers have refused to shift grounds on their demands. Buhari urged the…

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We may call off strike immediately, ASUU raises hope

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has raised hopes of students that it is close to calling off the ongoing strike action that has lasted for over three months. ASUU on Monday issued a condition that will cause it to immediately call off the strike that led to the closure of many public universities in Nigeria. Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke, ASUU president challenged the federal government to accept the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) payment platform for it to call off the ongoing strike. Speaking on Channels Television on…

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