Parents in Osun State have urged the Federal Government to use all of its resources to put a stop to the ongoing dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government as it assumes a new dimension.
On Monday in Osogbo, numerous parents spoke with Newsmen and blamed the federal government.
Timothy Oluleke, whose daughter is a first-year student at the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti, said she was required to enroll her in a program for skill development.
He acknowledged that the strike had a negative impact on the students but said that many undergraduates had turned to crime and unwholesome behavior.
He said that some of the students had been co-opted into a larger plot to be used against the government in the upcoming general elections in 2023 as additional grounds for accusing the administration of having a lax attitude toward the growth of public education.
“It is common knowledge that our government doesn’t give a damn about what happens to our children in public schools. We won’t blame them since most of them don’t have their children there.
“If you look at the whole thing, the issue of public school is not of importance to this present government,” he said.
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On his part, Isaac Rotimi, a retired headmaster, lamented that both the ASUU and the Federal Government had not allowed a shift in their stance.
“ASUU is right in its fight. Their agitation is genuine. The Federal Government too may be right. It is just understanding that matters in this situation.
“Another problem is that the Federal Government has not been faithful. Several administrations have not been faithful and have not lived up to their promises to the union,” he noted.
Remember that the Federal Government had taken ASUU to court to enforce its authority, and that the judge had ordered the union to end its seven-month strike.
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The Federal Government on Monday instructed vice chancellors of public universities to reopen the institutions; however, the directive was later revoked.
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