PORT HARCOURT – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Port Harcourt Zone, has warned of another prolonged industrial crisis in the Nigerian education sector owing to the Federal Government’s deliberate refusal to address lingering demands. The union said the government instead of addressing the lingering issues for the benefit the public tertiary education in the country, had rather resorted to the same modus operandi of nonchalance and lack of sincerity towards the resolution of the contending issues. A statement signed by the Port Harcourt Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Stanley Ogoun on Tuesday, said it was disheartening to note that the Nigerian Public University system was still being held at the jugular by both the federal and state tiers of government through their deliberate neglect.
Ogoun added that the union should not be held responsible should their be any industrial disharmony arising from the government’s failure to seize the opportunities offered by the union to nip the looming crisis in the bud. ASUU’s Port Harcourt Zonal Coordinator, stated that the current administration was exhibiting anti-public university antics similar to the behavior exhibited by the immediate past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Ogoun said, “Following Government’s failure to respond, the Union has given another 14 days, in addition to the earlier 21 days, beginning from Monday, 23rd September 2024, during which all the lingering issues must be addressed.
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