The Co-chair, Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace, IDPF, Bishop Dr. Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha,has called on the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, ASUU, to arrive at a common ground to avert an impending industrial action in the interest of students.
The cleric in a signed statement captioned “For the Sake of Posterity and our Children, Please Avert ASUU Strike”, called for meaningful dialogue with a view to avert the strike.
ASUU had threatened to resume the industrial action it suspended 13 months ago over the Federal Government’s alleged failure to honour many of the agreements it signed with the lecturers.
The Bishop said ASUU, embarking on another strike at this point, is an ill-wind that will not blow the Nigerian children, their parents and guardians any good, decrying that incessant strike in Nigeria has become a source of concern and needs be nipped in the bud by the Federal Government.
“The incessant (ASUU) strike in Nigeria has become a source of concern and needs be nipped in the bud by the Federal Government.”
The cleric stressed that although ASUU was entitled to press home its welfare needs, the lecturers as parents, should approach the negotiating table with open minds and sincerity of purpose.
Onuaha who is a global Peace Award Winner in 2013 however called on Government at levels to pay attention to education in the country, reiterating that the deplorable condition of virtually all sectors in the country calls for urgent action in redeeming all dilapidated sectors in Nigeria.
