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...Sack Adamu now, Education Minister
The Federal Government of NIgeria has been asked to immediately honour its agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
A a human right and pro-democracy group, Human Rights, Liberty Access and Peace Defenders Foundation and Cameron for Democracy South East Zone CD which made the call and also said the Minister of Education,Mallam Adamu Adamu, should be sacked for lack of capacity to manage education in NIgeria or should be sacked if refuses to resign.
The group in a statement in Awka, the Anambra State capital expressed surprise that year in, year out, the Federal Government will fail to meet its obligation to ASUU until the body goes on prolonged strike.
It noted in the statement signed by Dede Uzor A Uzor, Executive Director of the rights group and Chairman CD South East Zone that ASUU for a long time has been issuing warning to the Federal Government but as usual they were adamant until the body downed tools.
HURIDE/CD asked what is the big deal meeting ASUU’s demands when Federal Government can allegedly afford to donate more huge sums of hard currency to Afghanistan non viable countries or spend money recklessly on frivolous matters like birthday parties?
Sometimes, huge sums of money was reported embezzled by public officials while Federal Government looked the other way round.
The group condemned the Minister of Education for not only have been unable to address the issue of Federal Government’s agreement with ASUU once and for all but also for walking out on the delegation of National Association of NIgerian Sudents (NANS), who came to his office to express their displeasure over the shoddy manner he has been handling the ASUU matter in particular and education matter in general.
The group disagreed with some supporters of ASUU who said that the students were rude to the Minister, stressing that the problem with NIgeria is that they don’t want to hear the bitter truth.
” What is wrong telling the Minister that he is toying with education because his children are either in foreign or private universities.
Morally, is it right for the children of the president and his cabinet members especially the one superintending education in the country to attend foreign or private universities when public universities are not functioning?
That shows the type of leadership we have in this clime” said the group.
The group asked the Federal Government to address the issue of tertiary education once and for all to avoid frequent strikes which affect the quality and the academic years the students spend in universities. Dede Uzor cautioned.
