Events of recent weeks have made it abundantly clear that ASUU has an ulterior motive - Asefon
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has called down the current administration of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for prolonging its strike indefinitely.
The association accused striking lecturers of undertaking a mission that will further destroy the nation’s university education system and systematically boost private universities where many of them have their children.
According to a report on the Nation Newspaper NANS President Comr. Adedayo Sunday Asefon, yesterday said, "We have taken the time to review the decision of ASUU to declare an indefinite strike after the ongoing six-month strike. We consider the decision not only unpatriotic, unnecessary but wicked and definitely not in the interest of our nation or the tertiary education system in Nigeria.
“Such a decision was easy for ASUU because many of their leaders do not have their wards in public universities and still keep employment at various private universities around the country.
"As such, they are not affected by their attempt to collapse the sector for their selfish and inconsiderate gains.
“ASUU had succeeded, initially, to masquerade their strike as an action in the interest of the tertiary education system in Nigeria and in the interest of the teeming Nigerian students.
“But events of recent weeks have made it abundantly clear that ASUU has an ulterior motive, which is to collapse university education system in Nigeria and systematically promote private universities where many of them have their children, stakes and perhaps where they receive payment for the job of collapsing public universities in Nigeria.
“We, therefore, call on the Federal Government to investigate the leadership of ASUU with the aim of unraveling their motivation for their insistence on collapsing the public university system in Nigeria.” he concluded
All Campus Show, reports that today, marks the 200th day of the ASUU strike, and as at the time of this report, ASUU is yet to give answer to this accusation.