THE striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has denied any political undertone in their asking for full implementation of the four-year old agreement reached with the Federal Government.ASUU insisted that the Federal Government, rather than the union, is politicising the issue through propaganda.
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State had, while hosting the National Union of Benue State Students, alleged that the ASUU strike was becoming a political action other than agitation for the welfare of university lecturers.
In a swift reaction, Chairman of ASUU, the University of Ibadan (UI), Dr. Olusegun Ajiboye, asked Suswam to guard his utterances and limit them to the mandate given him by the Federal Government.
Meanwhile, the member representing Akoko-Edo Federal Constituency and former president of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers ((NUPENG), Peter Appatasson, yesterday faulted the Federal Government’s stance on the lingering ASUU strike, stating that it was wrong for government to renege on an agreement it reached with lecturers few years back.
Speaking to journalists shortly after the Uneme National Development Association (UNDA) released plans to launch a N100 million education fund for the communities scattered in Akoko-Edo, Etsako Central, Etsako East and Esan South East local councils of Edo State, the lawmaker, however, appealed to both parties to return to the negotiation table.
Nevertheless, he disagreed with the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, that the country could sink financially if all ASUU’s demands were met.
Carpeting Nigerian leaders for hypocrisy, Ajiboye asked them to demonstrate their love for the country by withdrawing their children from private universities both within and outside Nigeria and stop health tourism by using the health facilities they provide for Nigerians.
He insisted that the union would not resume work until the government fully implements the agreement reached with the union.
Meanwhile, President of UNDA, Dayo Alabi, said the education fund being launched would be in aid of indigent but intellectually sound and gifted Uneme people in all the communities in the state.
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State had, while hosting the National Union of Benue State Students, alleged that the ASUU strike was becoming a political action other than agitation for the welfare of university lecturers.
In a swift reaction, Chairman of ASUU, the University of Ibadan (UI), Dr. Olusegun Ajiboye, asked Suswam to guard his utterances and limit them to the mandate given him by the Federal Government.
Meanwhile, the member representing Akoko-Edo Federal Constituency and former president of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers ((NUPENG), Peter Appatasson, yesterday faulted the Federal Government’s stance on the lingering ASUU strike, stating that it was wrong for government to renege on an agreement it reached with lecturers few years back.
Speaking to journalists shortly after the Uneme National Development Association (UNDA) released plans to launch a N100 million education fund for the communities scattered in Akoko-Edo, Etsako Central, Etsako East and Esan South East local councils of Edo State, the lawmaker, however, appealed to both parties to return to the negotiation table.
Nevertheless, he disagreed with the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, that the country could sink financially if all ASUU’s demands were met.
Carpeting Nigerian leaders for hypocrisy, Ajiboye asked them to demonstrate their love for the country by withdrawing their children from private universities both within and outside Nigeria and stop health tourism by using the health facilities they provide for Nigerians.
He insisted that the union would not resume work until the government fully implements the agreement reached with the union.
Meanwhile, President of UNDA, Dayo Alabi, said the education fund being launched would be in aid of indigent but intellectually sound and gifted Uneme people in all the communities in the state.
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