The ongoing ASUU Strike is taking an
interesting turn. The latest update is that students are now turning
their backs on ASUU. They have now asked ASUU to call off the strike –
giving a 7-day ultimatum.
Frustrated by over four months of strike
that has kept their future in the balance leadership of the National
Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) zone ‘B’ has given the members
of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) seven days to call
off and return to the class room.
The Union warned that at the expiration
of the seven days ultimatum they would be left with no other option than
to confront the striking lecturers.
Speaking with journalists in Umuahia,
the NANS zone B financial secretary and the leader in Abia state,
Comrade Eluwah Miracle, said that the students are determined to take
their destinies in their own hands by invoking the last “C” in NANS
system of settling issues which is confrontation
Eluwah accused the members of ASUU of
being selfish in their demands from the federal government and
politically motivated adding that student would no longer watch ASUU
destroy education in the country and jeopardice the future of millions
Nigerian youths.
He said, “NANS Abia state chapter has
condemned in strong terms the on-going nation-wide strike embarked upon
by ASUU, which timing is not only wrong, but also detrimental to the
security and of the country.
Eluwah said that ASUU is claiming that
their demands are genuine, “But their approach and timing is very wrong,
because the world is now seeing it as being politically motivated and
if they say it is not, they should go back to the classroom, while
negotiation continues with the federal government”.
He maintained that the federal
government has done well by offering ASUU the sum of N600 billion in
addition to the N100 billion already made available this year for the
funding of the universities, “which ASUU has rejected under the fragile
nature of the country’s economy”.
On the issue that the funds from federal
government has not been released, Eluwah said, “ASUU is claiming that
the funds have not been released, why should the money be released when
they have not accepted the offer by the federal government and until
they accept the money cannot be released simple”.
He said that there are three Cs in the
student Aluta struggle which include Consultation, Consideration and
finally Confrontation, adding that they have made use of the first two
Cs and will not hesitate to use the last one which is confrontation.
Source: Leadership Newspaper
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