The National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has attributed the protracted Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike to the Federal Government.
This information was provided by the association’s leader, Abiola Owoaje, in a statement titled “FG’s empty hubris prolonging ASUU strike” on Sunday.
The ongoing ASUU strike, according to Owoaje, is a result of the Buhari administration’s disinterest in education and its repeated displays of insincerity in negotiations with ASUU.
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He urged President Muhammadu Buhari to prioritize education, noting that the group rejected the government’s justification of a lack of funding.
The statement read in part: “The stand of the Federal Government on the ASUU strike is ill-conceived, reckless, and insensitive to the plight of students, parents, the university system, and Nigeria as a country.
“President Muhammadu Buhari’s aloofness on critical issues such as the ASUU strike is disappointing. His ministers, taking a cue from him, have treated the issues raised by ASUU with levity and utmost contempt.
“The trio of Dr Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, the junior Minister, Festus Keyamo and their education counterpart, Adama Adamu, have largely exhibited incompetence in their handling of the ASUU’s industrial action.
“Bereft of any cogent reason not to implement the 2009 agreement entered into with ASUU, they have been unnecessarily confrontational, obfuscating facts and spreading outright falsehood in the attempt to break the psyche of the striking lecturers, force the union to abandon the principle of collective bargaining and ultimately incite the Nigerian people against ASUU.
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“The National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) views the ongoing strike as detrimental to national interest and calls on the Federal Government to put its act together and take immediate steps to end the strike.
“We reject the explanation of paucity of funds being canvassed by the Federal Government as another subterfuge to shy away from its responsibility to ensure education is a priority. If education is made a priority as it should be, funds would certainly be made available for the sector like other funds used to fund the profligate excesses of its officials.”
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