Daily Trust (Abuja)
8 July 2009
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said yesterday that the demand for better condition of service through university autonomy, immediate but sustained funding of the universities and enhance pay package did not reduce them to beggars.
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THE ASUU STRIKE IS A GREAT THING REALLY..PEOPLE DEMANDING THIER RIGHTS.IN THE LIGHT OF THE POLITICAL BRAINWASHING IN A COUNTRY THAT CAN AFFORD TO PAY THIER ILLITERATE COUNCILLORS IN THE VARIOUS DORMANT WARDS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY MORE THAN THEY PAY THIER LECTURERS.i SEE NO REASON WHY THE STRIKE SHOULD NOT CONTINUE.BUT,DARE I ASK BOTH PROF.IKECHUKWU AWUCHIE AND DR.CHIKE EKPEORA IF THEY HAVE CHILDREN IN ANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY.AND IF THEY DO,ARE THEY CONTENT WITH THIER CHILDREN AT HOME WITH THEM.AS A NIGERIAN STUDENT,I HAVE NOT WRITTEN MY FIRST SEMESTER EXAMS BY NOW AND I HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR IT SINCE MAY OF THIS YEAR.I GUESS SINCE MY PARENTS CANT AFFORD TO PAY FOR A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FOR ME OR EVEN TAKE ME ABROAD,I HAVE TO BEAR THE BRUNT.MY OPINION OF EVERY ADULT IN POWER IN THIS COUNTRY IS THAT:THEY ARE SYMBOLS OF BETRAYAL.SINCE EVERYTHING HAS ITS PRICE,THEY WILL PAY SOMEDAY.
i believe there is still hope for the education sector of this country,no matter what the FG says or do.Indeed the Lecturers are not beggars,there trained @least 60% of those in authority,yet they are back-stabbing them.