The Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) ongoing strike has been denounced by Mathew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese.
The esteemed priest said it is totally intolerable that four months have passed with students at home and the doors to Nigerian universities are still locked.
The strike’s prolonged duration, according to Kukah, is rather unfortunate and speaks poorly of the nation’s democracy.
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According to the cleric, democracy has always provided the populace with a forum for dialogue, reaching an understanding, and other strategies for resolving disputes between the government and the administrators of other universities.
He announced this on Wednesday during the signing of a peace agreement prior to the Osun State governorship poll.
According to Kukah, Nigeria must realize that the nation’s democracy cannot advance unless universities provide chances for scholarly inquiry, analysis, and thinking.
The bishop argued that for political actors right now, taking their obligations seriously is the most crucial thing.
He added that the country is in the process of shifting from democratic government to plutocracy and that all Nigerians must now struggle to make the nation’s democracy work.
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He said, “The share amount of money that is being spent not just in campaigns but in just picking a piece of paper to declare intension to participate, is not acceptable.
“Majority of our people remain hungry and sick and we cannot be flaunting this wealth in a democracy, because if that is the system we wanted, we will call it a plutocracy in which case only rich men and women can participate in the process.”
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