#Moodyshegsblog update: Clerics urge FG, ASUU to end lecturers’ strike

Some clerics in Lagos have urged the
Federal Government and the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to go
back to the drawing table and arrive at a
final agreement so that universities can
reopen.
In an interview with the News Agency of
Nigeria on Thursday, the clerics warned
that the prolongation of the impasse
would negatively affect the country’s
development.
Femi Asiwaju, Vice President, Pentecostal
Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Lagos State
Chapter, urged the Federal Government to
address the demands of ASUU so that
students would go back to school.
“The Federal Government should attend
to their needs; they should go and look at
what those universities look like, so if they
are talking on infrastructure, they should
address them.
“Where our children are studying to say
the least is regrettable, they should attend
to ASUU demands, that is the only way
forward, as far as I am concern, ASUU is
not asking for too much,” he said.
Lukmon Abdulraheem, Senior Lecturer,
Center for Entrepreneurship Development
(CED), Yaba College of Technology, urged
the Federal Government to meet the
demands of the union so that the
country’s higher institutions would be
more equipped and conducive for
learning.
“As far as I am concern, ASUU is fighting
a just cause, but the unfortunate thing is
our children are bearing the brunt, which
is not really a welcome development.
“So, what I expect the government to do is
to approve, the demands are not really
personal thing, they want to take the
tertiary institutions to the next level,” he
said.
The university lecturers, under the aegis
of ASUU, had on June 30 embarked on an
indefinite strike.
The lecturers demand the full-
implementation of an agreement they
entered into with the Federal Government
in 2009.
ASUU and the Federal Government are yet
to arrive at a common ground in spite of
series of talks.

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