The Federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have been urged to cede grounds by meeting at the middle to resolve the impasse in the University system.
A Human resources expert and Lead Consultant with LAHASS Consulting, Dr. Lawal Ismail, gave the advice on the sideline of a Training Needs Assessment for the Ogun State Rural Access And Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on Wednesday.
Ismail, who contended that no nation can develop above the educational attainment of its citizens added that deliberate effort should be placed on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
“It is important to say that the training we are having today is to identify skill gaps and fill same for optimal capacity building of RAAMP staff
“This brings us to the importance of deliberate delivery of qualitative education to our youths in the areas of science and technology, including ICT,” Ismail schooled.
Ismail, who called on Nigerians of influence to wade into the FG, ASUU tango said allowing “students to sit at home for another two months is avoidable and should be seen so.”
Earlier in his opening remarks, the Project Coordinator of RAAMP, Engineer Muritala Adekunle stressed the need for enhanced capacity, adding that “in order to re-skill, it is important to re-tool”
Continuing, he said: “lack of capacity, whether professional or moral have been the bane of our society which we must rise up to if desired development must be attained.”