Going through a passage and 大事にしなければいけないとの意見も多数。is written, and I don'tknow
how to interpretthe との here.

Plz help :P

Thank you! That seems so obvious to me now...
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grammar meaning
Why is との used in this?
If you know the phrase "という", that との is the same as it.
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> 大事{だいじ}にしなければいけない **との** 意見{いけん}も多数{たすう}。

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> 『大事にしなければいけない』 **との** 意見も多数。
>
> ("The majority opinion was that (it) had to be valued/cherished/taken good
> care of.")

First, the 「と」 is a quotative particle here, quoting the opinion
「大事にしなければいけない」.

The 「の」 is needed to connect the quote and the noun 「意見」("opinion"). As you
know, only a noun can directly follow a 「の」.

「～～との意見」 = "the opinion that ~~"

「～～との考{かんが}え」 = "the idea that ~~"

「～～とのメッセージ」 = "a/the message saying ~~"
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