ASUU Strike: Stop Blackmail, Go Back to Class, NGO Tells ASUU ...Read more

A nongovernmental organisation Centre for Good Governance, Peace and Media Advocacy said on Thursday that it condemn every attempt by ASUU and its leadership to continue to throw weighty punches on well meaning Nigerians who try to offer their services to helping to resolve the ongoing crisis in the sector.

This was contained in a press statement signed by its Executive Director, Comrade Philip Agbese in Abuja. The statement reads in part: “We have thus keenly observed developments in this very critical sector. The effort of the Federal Government in establishing additional Universities and increasing funding for the educational sector is indeed commendable. The sincerity of the Federal Government in tackling the peculiar challenges of this very dire sector cannot be overemphasized. However the knotty recurrent monstrous sagas of incessant ASUU strikes have continually exerted a negative toll on whatever gains we have made in this vital sector.
“Successive governments have made efforts to tame this amorphous monster of persistent ASUU strikes, but no attempt has been more apt than the recent inauguration of the Universities Needs Assessment and Implementation Committee headed by the Governor of Benue State, Dr. Gabriel Suswam. No better testament to the sincerity of the Federal Government to resolve this chutzpah can be adduced than the appointment of this seasoned advocate as the head of this very sensitive committee”.
The statement also added: “That aside earned wages and certain other personal requirements, part of ASUU’s present demands include the provision of standard infrastructure on our campuses to cater for the academic needs of staff and Students alike. The salient fact remains that if any problems in our citadels of learning must be meted an enduring solution, then the fundamental root cause must be assessed and dealt with appropriately. It is this dicey and onerous task the Needs Assessment and Implementation Committee is saddled with.”
“The public break down of financial issues surrounding the NEEDS Committee by Governor Gabriel Suswam is commendable and should be applauded by all as we expect ASUU to call off the strike to enable our brothers return back to school soon’, the statement said.