.Am just wondering since thats what he has to tell the lecturers, what exactly is he telling the students who are the victims here ? for how long will this menace continue ?
The negotiations between the ASUU
and the Federal Government have reached a stalemate and neither party wants to
change their stance on the matter.
The situation has, however, taken a
new turn as Hon. Farouk Lawan on Thursday reportedly said that the Federal
Government was forced to sign the 2009 agreements with ASUU and that in truth,
the agreements are impossible to implement.
Lawan, the former Chairman, House
Committee on Education
, therefore urged the lecturers to call off the strike in
the interest of the nation, saying they should devise other means of addressing
issues as incessant strikes are detrimental to the country’s educational
system.
Full report below:
Lawan, who spoke with newsmen, also
called on prominent Nigerians to intervene, even as he urged both parties to
find middle of the road solution.
His words: “All of us certainly I
believe must be concerned with the current strike that is going on and there is
likely possibility that it will be a prolonged one. “Sometime, simply because
of the pressure or the determination to get students back to classes,
government agrees to certain things they knew then they may not be able to meet
as easily as possible.
“This time, the issues were about what
were agreed upon in 2009, just as it was with the 2009 strike that had issues
of previous strikes embedded in it. “As long as there is no realistic appraisal
of what is attainable, then we will always continue to face these problems but
we cannot continue this way. “We all know that strikes undermine the quality of
education system. “Strikes are equally tied to a situation that is already bad.
“Frequent strikes by academic unions
and other unions within the university system and tertiary institutions increasingly
add to this pressure.
“That is why I have always
maintained that ASUU should be more ingenious in coming up with better ways of
getting government to be more committed in improving the education system
without necessarily going on strike. “Every society looks up to the
universities for new ideas and Nigeria should not be an exception.
“ASUU, as the reservoir of
knowledge, should begin to come up with new ways of getting government to do
things without necessarily embarking on strikes that add to the problem that
our educational system is already facing in this country.” The outspoken
lawmaker also opined that ASUU members must go back to the negotiations table
so as to come up with more realistic terms that would be implementable.
He added: “I know that the
educations committees of the two chambers of the National Assembly have tried
to broker understanding and currently there is some kind of negotiation taking
place but every Nigerian should encourage ASUU to resume that negotiation so
that the matter can be resolved and the lecturers can go back to classes and
our children out there for us to have the opportunity of steady and stable
educational system.”
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