They don’t love education – ASUU blasts FG for not using $23m Abacha loot to end strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has challenged the federal government to channel the recovered $23m Sani Abacha loot to end the ongoing strike.
ASUU has been on strike for seven months over unpaid monies.
However, the United States released $23m Sani Abacha loot just a few days ago to the Nigerian government.
While ASUU was expecting the government to use the fund to clear some outstanding debt it is owing the union, the Muhammadu Buhari administration says the money will be used to complete road projects.
Disappointed with the development, Emmanuel Osodeke, president of ASUU, in an interview on Channels Television, said if the government loves education, they would have done the needful.
“Definitely. Let’s use a typical man as an example, you have a house and your child is sick seriously and you were paid money that you were not expecting. Where will you put the money?” the ASUU president asked.
“That child should be the first thing you will treat. Is it not? Before you will start thinking about how you are going to buy clothes.
“Your universities are shut for six months. You now have access to a fund you were not expecting, If you really love education, where should you put the money? In that particular place. They said they don’t have money. We need to love this country.”
Reacting to reports that ASUU had stopped negotiations with the federal government, Osodeke said: “In Nigeria, we have so many media — social media and what have you. They just release issues just to get popularity. We never said so. We are open to negotiations and invitations as a union.”
The union recently announced its decision to convert the roll-over strike into a “comprehensive, total and indefinite” industrial action.
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