The ASUU president said the union won’t back down on its ongoing strike due to Federal Government’s failure to honour the 2009 agreement.
The students threatened to “block all the three airports in the South-East” states of Enugu, Imo and Anambra.
ASUU has extended its ongoing warning strike by 12 weeks as President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime fails to accede to the union’s demands.
There would be an incalculable disaster in the offing because an uneducated or under-educated youth bulge is always a catalyst for perpetual internal strife.
The minister said it was important that a speedy resolution was reached so that students could return to school.
NLC has threatened to embark on a nationwide three-day warning strike in solidarity with affiliate unions in the universities and students.
“ASUU should have by now called off the strike because that’s what the law says.”
“Since we cannot tell when the strike would be suspended, I will advise other students not to just sit at home doing nothing…”
The Buhari regime is said to have donated the money to ease the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.
“They cannot continue to be wasting our time. When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.”
