Do you think this ASUU strike is for the betterment of Nigerian students?
After the last meeting ASUU had with the President, one had hoped that the lingering five-month strike would be called off very soon. Instead, ASUU gave the Federal Government a set of new demands which “must be met” before it will ever re-open our universities. The new demands include:
- “The government within two weeks begin the release and distribution of the N200 billionit pledged to inject into the system”.
- “The government renegotiates the 2009 agreement by 2014 and that the Attorney-General of the Federation be made a signatory to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)”.
However, the Federal Government, through the supervising Minister of Education, has expressed its disappointment with ASUU and warned that all lecturers must go back to work on or before December 4, 2013 or lose their jobs. The minister said: “…it is only in this country where Mr. President will sit with you for over 13 hours and all issues have been resolved and you promised that within one week you will get back to us only to see a letter now giving new conditions outside what we have discussed. So, if anybody thinks that it is against the labour laws, well, they have a right to challenge government at the industrial court…”
ASUU, by now, ought to know that students are tired of waiting for them; and it no longer draws any sympathy from the Nigerian public.
Image Source: Ynaija.com.
Source: The Sun News.
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