The Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, University of Calabar, UNICAL, branch, has accused the
federal government of abysmal failure in ensuring a conducive environment for
those in the academic sector.
Dr Edor J. Edor, the ASUU
Chairman of UniCal said the statement of the Nigerian government regarding
schools resuming on January 18, 2021, was an indication of government’s
failure.
Recall that the Minister of
Education, Adamu Adamu had said government was reviewing the January 18
resumption date.
Adamu had said the resumption date was under review due to the spike in the figures of COVID-19 cases across the country.
However, Edor in a chat with
Dailypost said: “Having regards to the absymal and shameful failure of the
federal government to put in place infrastructure of public universities in
other to make them conducive for learning and teaching, the Presidential
Taskforce on COVID-19 on Monday said resumption is under review.
“This is a clear admission of
federal government’s failure to do the needful in public universities.
“If we have condusive lecture
theatres, conducive hostels, conducive offices and infrastructure, if they have
possible water, have ordinary taps as one of the COVID-19 protocols is saying
that wash your hand frequently with soap under running water before sanitising
then why will the federal government be shifting resumption of schools.
“They know that those things are
not in place, so it will be unsafe for students, academic and non academic
staff to return back to school in the face of the spike of the new and
resilient variance of the COVID-29 virus.
“This should send a signal to
members of the forth estate of the realm, to parents, to Nigerians that what
ASUU has been drumming by asking federal government to inject finances into the
revitalization of universities, COVID-19 has come to lay it bear.
“We are now confronted
face-to-face with the fact of the depth of poverty and pluacity of infrastructure
in public universities.
“Of course, ASUU has suspended
strike so right now we have picked up our tool which we downed on March 23,
2020 and we are ready to work but federal government is saying we should hold
on, we can’t go back to work because it’s risky.”
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