The union believed that the former military President presided over what it described as the dictatorship of the International Monetary Fund and Structural Adjustment Programme, whose policies were used to “kill public schools” in the late 1980s.
The union, which said its four-month-old strike would continue until government shows genuine commitment to the 2009 agreement, also called on government to reject “the reintroduction of SAP through the back door.”
The chairman of ASUU, Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Ade Akinola, in a statement on Monday, said the government should show patriotism and ensure that the university teachers returned to work.
He said, “Patriotism demands that the government should reject the dictate of the international financial conglomerate (IMF) and the reintroduction of SAP through the back door, under the superintendence of the Minister of Finance, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
“Otherwise, why the rush to imbibe this strange doctrine that basic education is what Nigeria needs? The implication of this is that government should minimally spend or disengage from spending on tertiary education. Yet, we are in the age where knowledge is the difference. Wilful collapse of public institutions and subordination of national interest to private one must stop.
“ASUU insists that the strike continues until government shows genuine commitment to the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement as reinforced by the MoU of January 24, 2012 as it will not be part of this deliberate decimation of public university system.”
The OAU-ASUU brach chairman said government’s patriotism became necessary “to stop this cycle of institutional collapse.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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This is laughable. There were already cracks on the wall before IBB became President. "Ali Must Go" campaign happened during the reign of General Obasanjo as Head of State(1976-1979). The rot in the Education sector was collectively caused by the Government and Lecturers. These days, the popularity and effectiveness of a Labour leader is determined by the number of times he leads out his people in strike actions. Lecturers only show up in class just a few times before examinations and sorting has become the password for success.
ReplyDeleteThis is indeed laughable. It is unfortunate that professors and supposedly learned people would talk this way. What does IBB or IMF has to do with ASUU? It is even more unfortunate to see how ASUU is casting blames on people like Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who have nothing to do with the whole matter.
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DeleteU are now talking this are the people who scater everytin that can not be gathered together till today you are now blaming Iweala, GEJ and others u just no the truth now.....basterd people frm another country
ReplyDeleteWe are so tired of the frequent strikes by ASUU. But the problem of education in Nigeria goes back to the general problem of this country and also to the family values and parents.But we must have a standard.Anything goes is not always the best.For example most children in the city cannot speak any indigenous language. Time will come when the ability to speak and write at least one indigenous language will be a criteria for holding any political position in Nigeria.The point is that if we are to hold our own language very well we can also do well in a second language. Think of Chimamanda Adichie, Late Chinua Achebe, Prof Wale Soyinka,Niyi Osundare etc All these people have carved a niche for themselves in English Language and poetry. Yet. They are very fluent in both written and spoken indigenous language. Most of our Children speaking "I go'and "I come" today are good in neither one language.English no matter what cannot be your mother tongue no matter how you try to have the ascent of the American or the British. So,It time for parents to realise this. Those who think that it is a matter of sophistication or class for their children to abandon their language is making the greatest mistakes of their life. You can ask some of the literary gurus I have mentioned above.There is great pride in speaking one's local language. This also helps in any other second language we chose to learn.
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