Despite suspending their over four months old strike, members of the<\/p>\n
Academic\u200e Staff Union of University (ASUU) at the Niger\u200e Delta University
\n(NDU) have continued to receive knocks from individuals and groups.<\/p>\n
On Friday, a group of women under the aegis of Concern Mothers of Forum of
\nStudents in NDU. registered their displeasure over what they described as
\nneedless strike.<\/p>\n
While lamenting that \u200ethey are now under pressure to raise money to renew
\nthe house rents of their children, they added that the situation has been
\npitiable.<\/p>\n
The spokesperson for the mothers, Madam Timinipre Iyekoroghe in an
\ninterview with journalists in Yenagoa, stated that because of the
\ninability of government to pay full salaries, their businesses are also
\ngreatly affected.<\/p>\n
They berated ASUU for not considering their plights , saying most of them
\nare widows and petty traders who are now left with the option of using
\ntheir upkeep funds to pay for the fresh rent of their children and feeding
\nallowances too.<\/p>\n
Iyekoroghe stated that members of ASUU allowed greed and politics to steal
\ntheir conscience as it was clear that the strike was for their own
\naggrandisment.<\/p>\n
She stated that by their refusal to call off the strike long before now in
\nspite of several plea by the Bayelsa State Government, the leadership of
\nASUU confirmed to the world that their patronage from the opposition party
\nAPC, was real.<\/p>\n
She lamented a situation where members of ASUU, are visibly celebrating
\nand boasting that the governor will be remove from office by the election
\npetition tribunal and as such refused to call of their strike action only
\nto do so after their preferred party lost at the tribunal is wicked and
\ndevilish.<\/p>\n
The group called on the governor to ban ASUU in the University, saying
\ntheir activities have become counter productive and enimical to society
\nand the development of the state.
\nSome former students of NDU had also recently took a swipe at ASUU and
\nwarned them strongly not to embark on any unnecessary industrial action or
\nbe ready to face them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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