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Independence: Hardship Facing Varsity Workers Getting Unbearable — ASUU

by Adebayo Waheed
9 months ago
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The University of Ibadan chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Tuesday declared that the hardship being faced by public university workers was becoming unbearable.

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Chairman of the chapter, Professor Ayoola Akinwole, stated this in a release to mark the 64th Independence anniversary of Nigeria in a statement titled: “Nigeria at 64: A state in need of deliverance from the leadership of perpetual have-nots”.

Prof Akinwole stated that the union had been very understanding by issuing ultimatum to government but accused the federal government of being lackadaisical.

He added that another 14-day ultimatum was about to end within which government should meet the demands of the union to preserve the relative peace on public university campuses in the country.

“Many (lecturers) ran away to other countries; many died as a result of financial debility; those who cannot run away got into debt just to survive while many resigned to take another job in private sector.

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“In the sixty-four years of the Nigeria’s independent existence, education and the state of the nation are both in downward spiral, owing to the dwindling fortunes in the quality of politicians steering the ship of the country’s government.

“Political leaders and holders of executive positions, be it at local government, States and Federal levels, whose answers to any request from workers especially in the education sector (and the Nigerian citizens) has always been “government have not the resources to meet the demands of the unions,” Akinwole noted.

While noting that Nigeria’s problems were due to the major neglect of its educational sector, Akinwole maintained that without the necessary tools, improved welfare package for the lecturers and a conducive work environment, the university system would not be able to deliver on her mandates.

The ASUU chairman admonished President Bola Tinubu to desist from “singing the unpleasant and baseless ‘have-nots’ song,” but brace up to resolve the outstanding issues pertaining to university education as raised by ASUU, inject funds into the education sector to revitalise the sector and improve the remuneration of academics as well address the economic crisis.

He warned that if the trend of hardships facing nigerians was not halted, it would culminate into multidimensional insecurity.

“More worrisome that amidst these economic woes of the people, the government is channelling its expenditure to areas like purchasing new Presidential jet and presidential Cadillac Escalade.

“The quality of lives of the ordinary Nigerians has precipitously declined, and the gap between the haves and the have-nots is daily expanding; the rich continue to get stupendously richer while the poor are absolutely getting poorer.

“The so-called middle class has since been wiped off by the increasing weight of dependents in a society that prioritises “palliatives” over and above the empowerment of the poor.

“So, while the masses suffocate from the adverse consequences of the neoliberal socio-economic policies of the government, members of the ruling class revel in questionable wealth that makes nonsense of the anti-corruption crusade.

“If the trend is not arrested, part of the imploding consequences will be that Nigerians can no longer eat well or sleep well, and the pervasive poverty will have entrenched a multidimensional insecurity with the associated consequences.

“While the Nigerian masses are in multi-dimensional poverty, government spent billions on cars for Senators and House of Representatives members, awarding white elephant projects, a fraction of these questionable spending will solve most of the problems of the education sector and lay the foundation for Nigeria’s economic growth,” Akinwole stated.


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