Academic Staff
Union of Nigerian Universities [ASUU], Calabar Zone, has reacted angrily to the
order to return to the classrooms issued to them by the Supervising Minister of
Education, Nyesom Wike, saying that the action would worsen the strike action
rather than solving the problem.
ASUU accused the
minister of deceiving President Jonathan on the crisis, alleging that Wike and
some other unnamed officials of the Government did not want the lingering
problem between the union and the Federal Government to be resolved.
According to the
zonal coordinator of ASUU Calabar zone, Dr. Charles Ononuju, with such threat
the crisis would linger far longer than expected.
In a statement
in Umuahia, Ononuju said that the union received with shock the pronouncement
by the supervising minister, saying the crisis could not be resolved that way.
He said that the
union had gone far with discussion on how to resolve the crisis and was waiting
for President Goodluck Jonathan’s reply to their letter after their meeting
when the minister came up with the “unfortunate” pronouncement.
“Sacking
lecturers will not solve the problem but will compound it. Wike should resign
and come to the university and teach. This is not the way to go if they go this
way, the crisis will not be resolved in the next 100 years”, he warned.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm who is deceiving who? Whether
it is FG or ASUU is deceiving Nigerians cannot be easily ascertained; but what
that is not in doubt is the continued deterioration of the standard of Nigeria Universities.
Is it that the problem between ASSU and FG cannot be resolved or that four
months old strike is not yet enough to put FG under pressure to do what they
agreed that they will do?
What
do you think about this strike? Have your say.
