Victoria Mgbanwa
Members of ASUU-UNILAG and students had on Thursday set up to protest the nine unresolved demands of the union by the Federal Government.
The chairman, of ASUU-UNILAG, Prof. Kayode Adebayo, made this known during the protest
He explained that the protest was meant to sensitize the public so that government can meet their demand.
“We are sensitising the public to prevail on the government so that we don’t go on strike. If nothing significant comes out after all these protests, we will decide to go on strike at our next NEC meeting.
“They should not force our union to take that route. We have wicked politicians who want to force ASUU to go on strike. We love our classrooms. We love our students, it is the Nigerian government that is striking against you, not ASUU.”
Recall that For some weeks now, ASUU chapters have been engaging in nationwide protests. They also wrote open letters to the Federal Government to request that the agreements the government had with the union be implemented.
The ex-chairman, ASUU-UNILAG, Dr Dele Ashiru, emphasized that for the past 15 years, the agreement signed with the government which is supposed to be renewed every year, has never been visited.
“We are gathered here to call on the Federal Government to rethink its insensitivity, lacklustre and bankrupt policies in Nigeria’s education system. No nation can rise above its level of education system.
“Successive governments in Nigeria have continued to pay lip service to the development of education. For the past 15 years, the agreement we signed with the government which is supposed to be renewed every year, has never been visited.
We have been receiving the same salary since 2009″, he said.
