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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the federal government fresh conditions on how to end its six-month-long academic strike. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, Stated that the government must exhibit transparency to end the ongoing strike. “Government should tell us and Nigerians –
The slipshod approach of the Nigerian government to address the lingering ASUU strike is, to say the least, nauseating. There is no better explanation to this shoddy attitude towards Nigerian universities than government’s sheer sophistry, insensitivity and utmost disregard for quality education – a key to social and economic development of any serious nation.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to talk to engage the union and answer its questions instead of running to talk to journalists. For instance, the striking university lecturers asked the government to provide more details on the alleged approved revitalisation funds if it wants the union to call off its six-month-old strike. ASUU National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday.
In another tweet on Wednesday, Mr Obi applauded the decision by the state governors to intervene in the matter.
The government must take specific actions, according to ASUU, to put an end to the six-month-long academic strike...