… We Have No Choice But To Roll Over Strike May 14 – ASUU president
The Federal Government may have finally killed the education sector as well as the youth of this country as the hope of hundreds of thousands of University students in Nigeria to return to school on May 14 may have been dashed.
This is because the union may be planning to extend the strike that has paralysed public universities in the country. The strike, which began on February 14, will be three months by May 14. But the parents have continued to deplore the careless attitude by the federal government and its functionaries who are preoccupied with 2023 elections.
“This government may have finally succeeded in mortgaging the future of our youth as well as killing the education sector with clueless and directionless policies.
"Are they (government officials) telling us that there is no room for poor or average citizens in this country or else how do you feel seeing your children staying home with you for years and their colleagues that went to private schools are graduating, “ an aggrieved parent lamenting. ALSO RESD:ASUU Strike: Discordant Tones Among FG Officials Worry Stakeholders In fact, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), through its national president, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, says it is shameful that there is no information and nothing new from Nigerian Government even as the current warning strike will be ending in two weeks. Professor Osodeke was reported by the PUNCH Newspaper to have said that the government has not made any effort to get in touch with the Union or seek ways of ending the strike. He added that the Union might have no choice but to roll over the strike after it expiration on May 14. “The strike began on February 14 and as it stands the Union might have no choice but to roll over the strike after its expiration on May 14,” Osodeke said.