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YAR’ADUA, JONATHAN AND
EGWU WERE UNIVERSITY LECTURERS |
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By Dike Odu
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Thursday June 25,2009 |
I wonder why unnecessary and avoidable
situations that constitute cog in the
wheel of Nigeria progress should be
given a chance. The Federal government
had gone into a renegotiated agreement
with the ASUU late last year and more
than seven months after, it has failed
to abide by what it signed.
A one-week warning strike was embarked
upon by the ASUU about a month ago and
upon that the government did not take
that as a reminder that there is
something that was agreed to and needed
some attention. Could this be a callous
government?
What baffles me most is that the trio (Alhaji
Umaru Yar’Adua, the President, Dr.
Jonathan Goodluck, the Vice President
and Dr. Sam Egwu, the Minister for
Education) were all University lecturers
who are supposed to understand the
plight and necessity of the need of the
lecturers thereby ensuring that an
agreement entered
into were abided with. When they were at
the other side of the divide as
lecturers themselves, one could imagine
how vocal and supportive they were in
the long-aged fight.
Now they have agreed that our children
should go back home and on the streets
wasting precious time and getting lured
into vices that would not make them good
leaders tomorrow. If closely monitored
you would find out that children of the
trio who may still at university level
are overseas enjoying uninterrupted
education
time-table.
The federal government must wear a human
face in this matter and stop deceiving
the masses and creating unnecessary
tensions. It has a lot in its hands
already going against it. The President
and his Minister for Education should
not delay one bit in solving this
unnecessary disruption of our children’s
education.
Mr. Dike Odu
299 Ozomagala Street
ONITSHA, Anambra State.
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