The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the persistence fuel scarcity faced by Nigerians is part of the ongoing sabotage in the political system.
Dr Nasir Fagge, the national president of the union, said in Lagos after paying a courtesy visit to Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, the Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo. Fagge alleged that the fuel scarcity was created by some group of people, who were used to stealing public funds. He said the saboteurs created the scarcity to build a brick wall for the present administration, for failing to pay subsidy on fuel.
According to him, the government is supposed to consider and analyse all the problems that may arise before removing the subsidy.
“All the problems arising now should have been envisaged and addressed before removing the subsidy. “Government is supposed to know that some people will try to frustrate its effort and should have pre-empt that,’’ he said. According to the ASUU president, it is also wrong for political office holders to make unfulfilled promises to Nigerians about when the fuel scarcity will end.
He advised government officials to always inform the citizens about the true situation of an issue on regular basis, rather than toying with their emotions, only to apologise later. “How will a government official utter conflicting statements that the fuel scarcity will be resolved on April 7, but later said it will be in the second week in April.
That is unfair. “Government officials should be held responsible for their promises and anyone who makes promise and failed to fulfill it should be eased out of the system,’’ he said. The ASUU president called on President Muhammadu Buhari, who doubles as the Minister of Petroleum Resources, to urgently save Nigerians from the current hardship the fuel scarcity had brought upon them. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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This is his personal opinion. I don't think he was speaking on behalf of assure or in his capacity as asuu president.Asuu should be more interested in the fortune of higher education in Nigeria and leave politics for politicians.
ReplyDeleteFagge should desist from using ASUU to promote his Hausa/Fulani hegemonic agenda. ASUU is a non-partisan trade union and should be left at that. Why did he not make a statement on the illegal removal and appointments of VCs for 13 new universities by Buhari? Why was there silence on that illegality? Shouldn't Buhari too be asked to resign for the fraud? After all, he has admitted he committed a crime on the illegal dissolution of the councils of those universities. Isn't that the immediate constituency of Fagge? Bringing tribalism into ASUU and using the hitherto neutral platform to advance a hegemonic plan will be fiercely resisted by all well meaning people.
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