Nigeria's Academic Staff Union of Universities maybe embarking on another strike soonest, with the foremost group currently mobilising members for a nationwide strike following what they claimed as federal government's inability to meet their demands.
Disclosing this, Chairman of the University of Jos chapter of ASUU, Dr Lazarus Maigoro claimed that the union is busy mobilising memebers for an industrial action.
He made the claim while dismissing insinuations that the union was insensitive to the plight of students and parents by constantly embarking on strikes.
It is true that we are currently mobilizing our members across our 13 zones in the country for a nationwide strike and this is because government has failed to fulfil the MoU of 2009.
“It was same issues that led to the strike in 2018 which was later suspended in February 2019 and as I speak to you, government has not fulfilled any of the agreements reached
“Our demands are not personal, but we want adequate funding for universities, more infrastructure development and what have you so that students can learn under a conducive atmosphere.
“So, parents and indeed Nigerians should not see us in bad light, because we are pushing for a cause that will raise the standard of our universities.
“Remember, our children and colleagues are also schooling in this system; we are also affected by the strikes, and so it is not about us, but the future generation,” he said, speaking to newsman.
Maigoro, however, accused politicians and government officials of being insensitive and treating issues of education with kid gloves and called on the government to act fast in revamping the decaying system.
“We are like any other ordinary Nigerian; we don’t have money to take our children abroad. It is the politicians that send their children overseas to school. And that is why they don’t care about improving the system at home because it doesn’t affect them in any way
“So, government must be proactive enough in bringing back the lost glory of education in Nigeria by making the system work through adequate funding and what have you,” he said.
Maigoro, however, accused politicians and government officials of being insensitive and treating issues of education with kid gloves and called on the government to act fast in revamping the decaying system.
“We are like any other ordinary Nigerian; we don’t have money to take our children abroad. It is the politicians that send their children overseas to school. And that is why they don’t care about improving the system at home because it doesn’t affect them in any way
“So, government must be proactive enough in bringing back the lost glory of education in Nigeria by making the system work through adequate funding and what have you,” he said.