The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to end the lingering strike by university lecturers in the country, from his first day at work, if elected the next president of the country.
The presidential candidate made this disclosure in Lagos, Sunday evening, at the Silverbird Man of the Year event.
He said the industrial action which had denied university students in the country access to education for a period running into four months “is disgraceful” and thus will receive his first attention as president if voted into office in the February 16 presidential election.
The former vice president added that education plays a pivotal role in the rise to success of any individual or nation and hints further that if he becomes the next president of Nigeria, his administration will triple the budgetary allocation to education from the current seven per cent to not less than 20 per cent.