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University Don Berates Deadlocked ASUU/FG Meeting

A Psychology lecturer in the University of Lagos, Mr Dan Ekere on has berated the deadlocked meeting between the federal government and the Academic Staff … Continue reading University Don Berates Deadlocked ASUU/FG Meeting


A Psychology lecturer in the University of Lagos, Mr Dan Ekere on has berated the deadlocked meeting between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Speaking on the Thursday edition of Channels Television’s breakfast flagship programme, Sunrise Daily, Ekere berated the comments made by the Head of the Implementation Committee of the Needs Assessment Report and the Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam.

In his words “Each time we hear Gabriel Suswan after the meeting come out and tell us there is hope, they will soon call off, I don’t know whether he is the one who will call the strike off”

He added that “so far there has not been any meaningful made”.

He wondered why the finances agreed upon by both parties were not considered before signing the agreement adding that “this is the government we are talking about”.

He queried the federal government for alleging that the “this agreement predated this government” wondering “if government is no longer in continuum”.

“This is an agreement the federal government entered into with ASUU and you cannot tell me that those who signed the agreement were so unreasonable” he said.

Ekere, however exonerated the ASUU president for not granting interviews to the press after meetings with the federal government to confirm or counter the utterances of those representing the federal government.

Ekere noted that the academic union is fighting the government to “make the system work so that the state to be sound” maintain that “it is not just about individual but it is about the system as a whole”.

The academic, who noted that “these are people who went through the university system”, wondered why “they want to destroy it for the coming generation”.

He said there shouldn’t be any basis for any strike if the federal government passes the 2009 agreement entered into, warning that “no academic is interested in strike”. He however revealed that the agreement provides room for a re-negotiation which can be done from time to time.

Meanwhile students in Calabar, the Cross River state capital are considering the possibilities of continuing their education abroad.

The students, who cut across different ages and educational qualifications, frown at the inability of the Federal Government to address the demands of ASUU.

Some of the students “hoped that the root of the problems will be identified and addressed once and for all”.