ASUU declared the strike action after the federal government failed to implement the 2009 agreement the two parties signed. Among other things , the agreement sought to put a stop to the embarrassing collapse of our education system . Now who is to blame here? After negotiation, government had offered to release N30 billion - a shift from its initial posture that there was no money. Meeting ASUU ’ s demand , it said, can shut down the country . Interesting ! Experience has shown that there is enough resource to meet the unquantifiable greed of those in power but not for the basic needs of the country. The body language of government since the start of the strike action could largely be described as lukewarm. It has never really shown real seriousness or urgency to resolve the issue . Well , can one blame the officials; who among them is his / her children affected ? It is the children of unfortunate Nigerians who bear the consequences of their irresponsibility. There ’ s no money to develop our education sector but there is for government officials to send their children to schools abroad. There ’ s money to buy and service the many jets in the presidential fleet (of a country that does not manufacture a single aircraft part ), there ’ s money to service the outrageous pay and allowances of officials, there’ s enough money to sacrifice to subsidy thieves , there’ s enough money to burn at the altar of corruption . Who is fooling who? The gullibility and docility of Nigerians are their undoing . Where really is the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS ? What then is the essence of its existence ? How many of those berating ASUU have demanded transparency from government ? How many bother about the incredible cost of governance, how many bated an eyelid when the Economist magazine released a report that placed our legislators as the highest paid in the world ? How many question why we should have battalion of ministers ? People should leave ASUU alone. If we cannot demand justice and good governance then we should endure (and even learn to enjoy) the suffering we deserve . ASUU should not call off the strike until the agreement is fully honoured ; government should curb its own waste.
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 21:01:01 +0000
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