Nigerian Government, Deaf And Dumb - ASUU

Nigerian Government, Deaf And Dumb - ASUU
Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities
(ASUU) has condemned the attitude of the
Federal Government towards the strike action
embarked upon by the universities teachers
saying that if the government has not
defaulted in the implementation of the
agreement reached and signed with the union,
there would not have been a strike action.
ASUU Chairman, University of Ibadan Chapter,
(UI) in an exclusive interview said, "It is
unfortunate the situation we have found
ourselves in this country. When we started this
strike action, we felt we are dealing with a
responsible and responsive government. We
felt this is a government that would want to do
that which is the yearning of the people. We
felt this is a government that will see the need
to quickly address issues that have led us to
the strike. It is a pity that we have been
talking to deaf and dumb government. This is
the fourth month and this government is not
yielding to the wishes of Nigerians which is to
fund public universities appropriately."
He continued, "It is not a nice story that
Nigeria's universities have been shut for four
months and the government is not putting in
serious efforts to making sure that the
problems are addressed. It is really sad."
Ajiboye who noted that the nation's
universities cannot continue to run the way
they are presently, said without the urgent
intervention of the government to arrest the
rots that have accumulated over years, the
universities cannot produce the expected
results.
The ASUU leader stated that the union has
refused to shift ground so that public
universities could be protected for the
children of the poor to have access to the
university education and have universities to
go.
Lamenting how the government has killed both
primary and secondary schools in the country,
he appealed that efforts should be put in place
to sustain public tertiary institutions stressing,
"the private universities is unaffordable for the
poor.
The lowest school fee in a private university is
N700, 000. Where can parents that are on
minimum wage of N18, 000 get such amount
of money to send their children to such
university?"
Ajiboye also condemned the attempt of the
government to rubbish the personality of
Deacon Gamaliel Onosode and other eminent
Nigerian personalities who negotiated with the
ASUU to produce the 2009 agreement.