One association that is currently fighting for the cal off of the ASUP strike, which is also known as The All African Students’ Union (AASU) on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to resolve its differences with the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and end the 10-month-old strike by the lecturers to better the lives of students and help Nigerian become a better Nation by providing education for her citizen.
The Country Representative, AASU Nigeria, Mr Umar Abdulrahman, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
According to Mr. Abdulrahman, who disclosed that the lingering strike by the lecturers was having a toll on the students, hence the need to end it and prevent idle polytechnic students from taking to crime.
Mr. Abdulrahman also went further to disclose that the education sector was getting to a `near collapse’ if nothing is done to avert the situation.
The Representative of AASU Nigeria, also disclosed that the recent strikes embarked upon by the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU.
Abdulrahman said that students were at the receiving end of the strikes in the sector.
The Representative also noted that if nothing was done urgently, it might have a long time effect on the future of the country.
The union leader said the negative effect of the strike were more on the students due to the idleness, stressing that some of them might not return to school after it had been called off.
“Some don’t even make it back to school as a result of deaths, sickness or complete withdrawal from school.
“Students should not always be at the receiving end anytime there is strike.
The Representative, AASU Nigeria also said this, and we decide to quote him Directly.
“We call on the Federal Government to immediately meet ASUP and COEASU’s demands so that polytechnic students and their counterparts in the colleges of education can resume their academic activities.”
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (publicly know as ASUP) and COEASU are asking the federal government to improve the education sector, especially the polytechnics and colleges that have suffered neglect for so long.
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