Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, yesterday, said that the Academic Staff Union of Universities won’t go on strike if he becomes the next president of the country.
Obi speaking at a state rally in Owerri, Imo State, said that his government would dialogue with ASUU leadership to ensure that universities won’t be locked.
Obi also re-emphasized his commitment to providing jobs and turning the country from consumption to production, adding that he and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, had clean records in academics and public service.
In his words: “If you make me your president and Datti my vice, ASUU won’t go on strike. We will dialogue with them. We will work with the students. The future of any serious country is dependent on its education and health sectors. I will invest hugely in those sectors if you elect us.
“We want to go back to Agriculture. That is why we want to turn Nigeria from consumption to production. We will create jobs and export, export, and export.
“I and Datti are not corrupt. Our records are clean. Datti was a senator and I was a governor in Anambra. If you want to check my record, go to Anambra State and verify.
“As the governor of Anambra state, I didn’t allocate a plot of land to myself, my wife here, or my children. If you see any land I allocated to myself or any member of my family I will quit from this race,” he added.
