FG should disband ASUU – Anglican Primate Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, has called for the disbandment of the national body of the Academic Staff Union of University. He described the methods adopted by ASUU as immoral and self-enrichment. Okoh spoke in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Thursday, during the Standing Committee Meeting of the Bishops Conference of the church. He said, “The government should find a way either to privatise the universities or get ASUU to be limited to individual universities such that there will be no national ASUU body mandating even institutions without grievances to go on strike. “There is no such body anywhere in the world. Challenges facing any institution should be treated locally without involving others. “While the ASUU strike lasts, university lecturers are busy teaching in private universities (most of which lack lecturers) and earning money and when the strike is over, they will still be paid for the period of the strike. “This is highly immoral and must be discouraged.” As a short term measure, Okoh urged government to accede to the demands of ASUU, describing the academic, moral and social implications of the strike as enormous.
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:12:26 +0000
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