Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, says the money spent on
COVID-19 response could have been used to resolve the lingering issue between
the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
ASUU has been on strike since February 14 over the federal
government’s failure to meet its demands bordering on the funding of
universities as well as salaries and allowances of lecturers.
As of Friday, the strike clocked 186 days – a development
that has left students, parents and other stakeholders frustrated.
Reacting to the strike on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Friday, the governor said ”trillions” spent on nose masks and hand sanitisers over COVID in the country could have been used to the benefit of the education sector.
“Like I used to say;
I’ll return to the days when I was a loner, I think I’m still a loner on the
issue of no COVID-19. The trillions spent buying nose masks and hand
sanitisers… a lot could have solved this ASUU issue, but that’s that,” he said.
The former presidential hopeful said ministers negotiating
with ASUU are not representing President Muhammadu Buhari well.
“I don’t think they [ministers] are representing Mr
President well. This is a man that cares so much about education, and even
children during that lockdown were being fed at home.
“Those who Mr
President entrusted to handle this protracted issue are not doing justice to
it.”
He said the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) is making efforts
to resolve the issues.
“The NGF has been making every effort to ensure that on behalf of all the governors, we discuss with ASUU and all those that are involved, we are making such efforts,” he said.
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