The Academic Staff Union
of Universities, ASUU, has
turned down President
Goodluck Jonathan’s plea
for the lecturers to end
their strike of over 110
days old.
“ASUU does not need
any plea from Mr
President, we are not
asking for impossible
things. The
Government reached
an agreement with
us and we are
asking them to
honour it. It is so
simple.
“Our country has the
resources to honour
the agreement but
education is not
given priority. The
Minister of Aviation
(Mrs Stella Oduah)
just got two
bulletproof cars
bought for N255m by
an agency under her
supervision . So, who
do you want to tell
that this country
does not have the
resources?
“Government should be
honourable. Is it
honourable not to honour
an agreement? Certainly
no. The Federal
Government should not
allow the public
universities to continue to
degenerate. Posterity will
not forgive us if we allow
public universities to
totally collapse.
“We won’t allow public
universities to be
destroyed. That is why
they are establishing
private universities all
over the country with the
nation’s money. Except
those owned by the
missionaries, tell me
which of the private
universities was not
established with the
nation’s resources?”
These were the words of
ASUU Chairman, Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile
Ife, Prof. Adegbola
Akinola.
The ASUU chief warned
that children from poor
homes might no longer
have access to university
education if the union
should succumb to the
blackmail being employed
against it by the
government.
0 comments:
Post a Comment