Ex-ASUU Official Decries Impact Of Strike

The President of the Midwest Movement, Dr Pedro Obaseki, has advised the Federal Government and university lecturers to consider the negative impact of the ongoing strike on millions of students and parents.
Obaseki, a former Financial Secretary of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) told newsmen in Lagos yesterday that ASUU was germane to the nation’s capacity building.
According to him, there is the need for massive investment in education sector for the nation to grow.
“No father or mother will feel happy with what is going on.
“ASUU should factor the larger Nigerian populace into the industrial action. Millions of students and parents are suffering,” Obaseki said.
According to him, Federal Government has continually backed down in fulfilling its commitment to ASUU but there is a need for the present government to do more for education.
He said that as a former financial secretary of ASUU, he was jailed by late Gen. Sani Abacha for three months because he wrote about the poor salaries of university teachers.
According to him, his works: “My boss is a comedian, the wages he pays is a joke’’ and “My take-home pay cannot take me home’’ landed him in jail.
“Education, anywhere in the world matters. It is the Federal Government that creates enabling environment for education to thrive.