Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday in Abuja signed a resolution on the five-month-old strike at a meeting of both parties.

Briefing newsmen, the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, said the meeting was called to sign the resolution on the agreements reached at the final negotiation between the Federal Government and ASUU.

ASUU had embarked on a nation-wide strike in July over what it described as the non- implementation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement.

The minister said: ''Today, I am very pleased to announce that all contending issues between ASUU and the Federal Government have been resolved to the satisfaction of the parties.

''Let me emphasise that we recognise and appreciate ASUU’s patriotic role and determination to ensure that our universities are well funded, resources provided and run like their counterparts in other parts of the world.

''We are all partners in progress and there is no victor, no vanquish in a struggle of this nature and our goal remains noble and targeted at moving our nation forward. ''As a responsible and responsive government, we have a duty to restore normalcy to the education sector so that our children can resume classes and purse their chosen careers.

''On behalf of the President, I wish to thank all well-meaning Nigerians, the National Assembly, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), traditional rulers, students and parents, among others, for demonstrating sufficient understanding.’’

In his speech, Faggae commended the president for his intervention in the dispute.
He, however, stressed that the strike could not have lingered if government had agreed to document the agreement reached with the union.

"If what we have agreed with Mr. President at that 13-hour meeting had been judiciously documented and our members are convinced that it was going to be implemented, we wouldn’t have waited this while because we also have a lot of respect for the office of Mr President and that of the Vice President.