Adesola Sulaimon
President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has berated the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo over his comment on the ongoing strike by the union.
The minister, in an interview on Channels TV on August 5th, had called on parents of affected students to appeal to ASUU to call off the lingering strike because the Federal Government would not be “blackmailed into borrowing to meet the demands of the union.”
Reacting to this in an interview on Monday, Osodeke expressed his disappointment at Keyamo’s comment, asking if the minister would “allow his own children attend public tertiary institution in the country.”
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He said “For us as a union, we are not talking about ASUU. We are talking about Nigerian university system that has virtually collapsed in such a way that you don’t see students from all over of the world coming to Nigerian universities as students.
“You don’t see lecturers from all over the world coming to Nigeria to teach, while Nigerian lecturers and students are all moving in droves out of the country. That is why we are on strike. It is not about our welfare; it is about this system.
“Are we proud of this system? Will Keyamo, who had spoken, allow his children to school in Nigerian universities? That is the comical thing I saw when he was speaking and for me, why I felt so disappointed is this is someone, before he joined this partisan politics, he was one of those on the streets.”
