Prolonged ASUU Strike: Group Threatens Nationwide Protest
Category: Education News
A Civil Society Organization, Save Public Education Group, has
vowed to mobilize students for a nationwide protest if the ongoing strike by
the Academic Staff Union of Universities continues.
The group
lamented the near collapse of the education sector in the country and added
that the insecurity ravaging many states of the Federation was a result of the
failure of the sector.
The group’s position was made known by its
Convener, Vivian Bello, who briefed journalists in Abuja on Monday.
She said, “Education is non-negotiable as there is no alternative
to it. The insecurity we are experiencing today is traceable to the failure of
the education sector.
“We have watched with total awe and
abhorrence the near total collapse of tertiary education in Nigeria.
“Distressing
statistics show that ASUU has been on strike for a total of over 725 days,
since the beginning of this administration over issues that bother largely on
poor welfare, university autonomy and lack of adequate funding for
universities.
“When tallied inversely, this amounts to an entire
two and half years’ loss, in the educational lives of innocent Nigerian
children/students in public universities across the country.
“It
did not end there; The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and Colleges of
Education, ASUP and COEASU are all also currently on strike on similar issues
as ASUU.
“We all can see clearly that this is an all-around
collapse of the tertiary education in the country,” she said.
“It
did not end there; The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and Colleges of
Education, ASUP and COEASU are all also currently on strike on similar issues
as ASUU.
“We all can see clearly that this is an all-round
collapse of the tertiary education in the country,” she said.
Bello also called on the government to give the needed attention
and resources needed to tackle the strike in the country’s tertiary education.
The Co-convener, SPEG, Dimeji Macaulay, said they were waiting for
the outcome of the ASUU meeting with the government before declaring a 14-day
ultimatum.
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