The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Tuesday, called upon the Federal Government to rescind its decision to sack striking university lecturers who failed to return to the classes on or before December 4.
The call is contained in a statement signed by Mr Okey Wali (SAN), the National President of the association, which was made available to the pressmen in Abuja.
``Our attention has been drawn to the seven-day ultimatum to return to work or be sacked, given by the Federal Government to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) due to the ongoing strike action by ASUU.
``The NBA implores the Federal Government to rescind the said ultimatum, as that evidently will not resolve the crisis.
``While we call on the Federal Government of Nigeria to set aside the ultimatum given to ASUU, we also call on ASUU to hearken to the appeals from several segments of the society and call off the strike action.’’
The statement further reads: "The calling-off of the strike will ensure that students who have been away from school for so long, can go back to school.
``Besides the harm and dislocation of academic work, the enormous anti social problems associated with keeping children away from school for this long cannot be over-emphasised.
``We encourage both parties to continue discussions and negotiations while the schools are in session in earnest.
"Negotiation is about give and take. The interest and welfare of the students must at all times remain paramount."
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