The National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria‘s proposal to pay the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) a minimum of N10,000 per parent in every academic section in an effort to stop the ongoing industrial action has been rejected by the ASUU.
In a recent interview, NAPTAN’s public relations officer, Dr. Ademola Ekundayo, according to Journalist, the action was taken to help the Federal Government satisfy ASUU’s requests.
ASUU’s National President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, responded to the suggestion by rejecting it during an appearance on Arise Television on Thursday. Instead, he advised the organization to put more pressure on the FG.
“I believe that this organisation should be telling the government to carry out its duty,” he stated. They should exert pressure on the government to finance education in Nigeria using funds provided by Nigerian citizens, as is done in other nations.
“We cannot claim to be the educational behemoth of Africa while having the lowest standards. There are students from Nigeria studying in Ghana, the Benin Republic, Togo, and other less developed nations, but no one is studying in any of these places.
“As a result, they ought to increase the pressure being applied by ASUU to get the government to give education first priority. The N10,000 is less significant than that.
STRIKE CONTINUES, BUT FG HASN’T TAKEN ANY DECISIVE ACTION—ASUU
Nigerians have been informed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja chapter, that the current strike would carry on as long as the Federal Government has not called the union for a meeting.
This information was provided in an interview with newsmen by Dr. Kassim Umaru, the branch chairman of the ASUU, during the organization’s Congress on Tuesday at the University’s Mini Campus in Gwagwalada.
In addition, Umaru pressed the Federal Government to list any actions taken to terminate the current strike.
He said that Congress had discussed the strike-related problems and had forcefully declared and rejected the Federal Government’s offer, adding that the National Executive Council (NEC) will convene at the conclusion of the four-week deadline to make its decision.
As far as we’re concerned, the federal government hasn’t complied with any of our different demands, Umaru remarked.
“The federal government ought to explain its actions to the people of Nigeria. The Jubrin committee and the two committees that were established, led by Nimi Briggs, both produced recommendations.
“Our pay are constantly negotiated,” he continued. You don’t think you can afford to pay us for it. You must agree to sit down and discuss it with us before you can pay us.
