It’s cruel to casually dismiss the untoward consequences that the strike has had on students and their families who happen to come from the lower end of the Nigerian social scale.
The Assembly therefore called for the declaration of a ‘state of emergency’ in the nation’s education sector.
Mr Adamu’s briefing further revealed that the end of the strike is not in sight.
A top ASUU operative said the three-hour meeting ended without any commitment to resolving the issue by either parties.
The president said continuing the strike was counterproductive and undermining the nation’s development of human capital.
“University education is not for everybody, and that is the truth,” said the Ebonyi governor.
“For it is better to die for something than to live for nothing.”
“I expect the UK to play a more active role for the survival of democracy in Nigeria.’’
The trend of the cut-off marks over the years, dropping in the case of universities to 140, of the total 400 marks, has elicited mixed reactions.
The NLC had organised a mega protest in solidarity with the trade unions in the public universities over their lingering strike.
