Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU), says most Nigerian politicians are foreigners because they
don’t live in the country.
Osodeke spoke on Wednesday during a Twitter Space organised
by Premium Times on the lingering industrial action.
ASUU has been on strike since February 14 over the federal
government’s alleged failure to meet its demands.
The ASUU president lamented the government’s
“insensitivity”, adding that the challenges facing education and other sectors
have lingered because those in power are not directly affected.
Osodeke said most of the politicians have their families
abroad, where they have access to quality education and, as such, are not
bothered about the plight of Nigerians.
“With all due respect, most Nigerian politicians are
foreigners, their families live abroad, study abroad, all they do is come here,
spend a few days, pick as much money and go back to ‘their countries’ to go and
enjoy the money,” he said.
“There’s the issue of insecurity and all sort of things are
happening in this country, the politicians are not bothered because they are
not here.”
The ASUU president had earlier said the federal government
brought nothing to its latest meeting, adding that the ongoing strike will not
end anytime soon.
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