Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), stated that the union’s strike is preparing today’s students to make sacrifices for future generations to have basic amenities and easy access to quality education.
This was stated by Osodeke at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, during the union’s congress.
The ASUU president stated that the current strike by union members will continue until the Federal Government agrees to their terms.
He said:“The affected students are making sacrifices for development in the schools so that future generations can benefit. For anything to develop, some people will make sacrifices. You will agree with me that Nigerian universities are on the verge of collapsing. This struggle is not just for them but the future generations.”
He said: “Large numbers of lecturers have moved out not because they hate this country but because of the way they are being treated. There’s no country in the world that their academics will go on strike and you think the best weapon to use is to seize their salary.
“When we were on the strike, lecturers in the United Kingdom (UK) also went on strike. It didn’t take two days for them to resolve it.
“When Ghanaian lecturers went on strike, they resolved it. But here, they felt nonchalant. Do you know why? It is because they (government officials) have no commitments. Their children are not here.
“We will go as far as we can on this strike to the point they are ready to agree to our demands.”
