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ASUU Strike: Students victims of government’s sheer negligence

ASUU Strike: Students victims of government’s sheer negligence

Students across all public universities in Nigeria have been told to go home till further notice.

The development is as a result of the Federal Government’s refusal to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

ASUU says despite that an agreement was reached with the government following a strike in September 2017, there had been no implementation.

“Having waited patiently for action and meaningful negotiation with reasonable men using the principle of collective bargaining that ASUU at its NEC meeting of 3rd and 4th November 2018 at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) resolved to resume the nationwide strike action it suspended in September 2017 with immediate effect,” the Union’s president, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, said Sunday night.

““This strike will be total comprehensive and indefinite. Our members shall withdraw their services until government fully implement all outstanding issues as contained in the MOA of 2017, and concludes the renegotiation of the 2009 agreements.”

He said the government was not ready to invest in education, as it released a paltry N20 billion revitalization fund despite giving a distressed bank N1.3 trillion.

Students have continuously suffered from successive governments’ lack of support for education, leading to untold frustration.

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A student of University of Ibadan said he had just a month left before he graduates, but the strike has already affected his plans.

“I am tired, I don’t know how long it’ll take before I complete a 5-year course. I’ve spent almost 7 years already,” another Engineering student at the Lagos State University said.

Government officials in the country continue to send their children to private, expensive schools in and out of the country, while children of the masses are victims of sheer negligence.

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