President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU) to reconsider its stance on its ongoing strike.
The president said this on Monday in his address when some
governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), legislators and political
leaders visited him at his residence in Daura, Katsina.
ASUU is currently on strike over the federal government’s
failure to honour an agreement on issues bordering on funding of universities,
as well as salaries and allowances of lecturers.
Speaking on the development, Buhari said the strike had
already taken a toll on parents, students and other stakeholders.
“I hope that the
institutions that we have like ASUU will sympathise with the country and the
people. There is nothing wrong with showing the government and the leadership
that you don’t like what they are doing. But enough is enough. Don’t hurt the
next generation for goodness sake,” he said.
“Those of you who have friends that are teachers, please
persuade them to go back to classes so that our children can resume their
educational pursuit.
“People, whether they like it or not, are realising that to
get educated to get government jobs is no longer [it]. Now, you get educated for
the sake of education, because where are the jobs? The jobs are virtually
finished.
“Technology is making
things easy. We conducted an exercise in the government and found out that
grade level 12 downwards, we said they should work from home, and found out
that we are even more efficient. So, technology is even bringing a shortcut to
efficiency.
“We should use it and try to tell people to please encourage
their children to get educated for the sake of education, not for government
jobs, because technology is cutting down the number of government jobs. The
resources will be used for education and healthcare mainly.”
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