The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has rejected
the proposal by the National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria to pay the
union a minimum of N10,000 per parent in every academic section in an effort to
end the lingering industrial action.
Recall that NAPTAN’s Public Relations Officer, Dr. Ademola
Ekundayo, in a recent interview, said the move was to aid the Federal
Government to meet ASUU’s demands.
Reacting to the proposal, ASUU’s National President,
Professor Emmanuel Osodeke while appearing on Arise Television on Thursday
rejected the offer, urging the association to rather mount more pressure on the
FG.
He said, “I think what this association should be doing is
to tell the government to perform its function. They should put pressure on the
government to use Nigerians’ money to fund education as it is done in other
countries.
“We can’t be calling ourselves the giant of Africa and we
are the worst in education. You see students from Nigeria going to Ghana, Benin
Republic, Togo, and other small countries to study but nobody from these
countries are coming to Nigeria to study.
“So they should add to the pressure coming from ASUU to
ensure that the government prioritize education. That is more important than
the N10,000”.
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