Following the turn of events in the lingering crises between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it would convince ASUU to return to the negotiation table and seek a permanent solution to the crises.
Negotiations between the union and the government had been deadlocked with the union accusing the government of insincerity and the government accusing the union of deliberately frustrating peace moves.

The President of the NLC, Mr. Abdulwahed Omar, said this at a media briefing after an emergency meeting of the congress in Abuja yesterday where he lamented that the ongoing strike by ASUU had been allowed to drag this long.

"We will engage ASUU in consultations to ensure that they return to the negotiation tables, not only to come back to the negotiation table but to engage in negotiations that will lead to lasting solution to the prolonged crises," he said.

He expressed the readiness of the NLC to be directly involved in the negotiations.

"It is a serious situation that we are having to allow lecturers to be out of classroom for more than two months," Omar lamented.