Muslim students tell Tinubu to prevent ASUU strike during his tenure

The Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) has called on President Bola Tinubu to make as one of its priorities a determination never to allow the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other education unions to embark on strike again.
Miftaudeen Thanni, immediate past Amir of MSSN in Lagos, made the call on Sunday during its Annual Conference, which was held on Sunday at the Main Auditorium of the University of Lagos.
“We are reminding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to prioritise education, youth empowerment, security of lives and property, economic and infrastructural development,” Mr Thanni noted.
According to him, investing in the education sector is not a luxury but a necessity.
“As we move into a new dispensation of ‘Renewed Hope’ in our national polity, we are urging the federal government to pay more attention and improve on the education investment. We don’t want strikes again, and this can be achieved by investing more in education,” stated Mr Thanni.
He added, “It’s a way to invest in peace, as educated individuals are more likely to embrace dialogue, reject extremism, and work towards resolving conflicts through peaceful means.”
Niyi Yusuf, chairman of Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), stressed that as youths, the time had “come for us to stop taking the back seat in leadership positions because are still very young, some of our prophets were still very young when they started contributing to Islam.”
The chairman advised the MSS members to be united, pay serious attention to education as part of efforts to revive the good old days of Islam, referred them to read the ‘Golden Age of Islam’, which according to him, talked about when Muslims were the leaders of the world.
(NAN)
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