College students beware, ASUU is combating for itself — Opinion — The Guardian Nigeria Information – Nigeria and World Information

Sir, Neither the Educational Workers Union of Universities (ASUU) nor the Federal Authorities is honest within the battle for training; and as a scholar, it’s gullible to suppose ASUU is combating for college students’ welfare!

For some years now, the ASUU strike has been an incredible problem to our academic system in Nigeria, embarking on incessant strike actions as a way of compelling the FG into being dedicated to their settlement. However underneath Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the ASUU strike actions attain extremism and have now turn into a menace, hydra-headed monster in direction of the graceful crusing of training in Nigeria right this moment.

In response to a report by the Punch newspaper, the ASUU and The Educational Union of the Polytechnic (ASUP) had been on a cumulative strike of 719 days underneath Buhari’s administration, as of the fifteenth of June when reported, which is roughly two years!

It’s not achieve saying that the Buhari’s administration because the final seven years is a disastrous one to the socio-political and financial ladder of the nation. This financial setback has been a problem for the final seven years, even throughout the states of the federation. Buhari’s administration crumbled the varied sectors within the nation and rendered them a toothless bulldogs. However ASUU is a egocentric union solely involved about its members’ welfare in any respect prices. 

Medical staff launched into a nationwide strike final yr. Additionally the nationwide meeting staff protested over unpaid allowances by the federal government. This example can also be the case in most states in Nigeria right this moment, non-payment of civil servants’ salaries is a development, which has now turn into a norm among the many state governors. Even authorities retirees endure it.

Right here in Ondo State, the civil servants are simply being paid a proportion of January’s wage in June. Academics are but to obtain a dime of their 2022 wage. So the varied labour unions underneath this administration have all witnessed a breach of the contractual settlement between them and the Federal Authorities. Is it that these unions or teams can’t come to the media to talk vocabulary? Or the ASUU grievances are extra necessary than these of the unions and teams talked about?

ASUU ought to return to work. Protecting college students (the so-called way forward for a Nation) at dwelling for over six months is harmful to their psychological and psychological well-being, as all of us produce other issues to pursue apart from a college diploma.

I, due to this fact, attraction to all college college students to be free from this ignorance. By no means be brainwashed by a union that retains college students at dwelling for over six months, however nonetheless has the tenacity to demand cost for these months they by no means work. Training is our elementary proper, which ASUU and FG have disadvantaged us of!

• Obebe Michael Damilola is a scholar of Adekunle Ajasin College, Akungba Akoko (AAUA).