Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has berated the Federal Government over the prolonged industrial dispute between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), describing it as an injustice to students.<\/p>\n
The congress said while the children of the lower class remain idle at home, their mates with rich background are in school learning.<\/p>\n
NLC national president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, who spoke in Abuja during the meeting of its Central Working Committee (CWC) in preparation for the May Day commemoration on May 1, 2022, blamed the federal government and\u00a0 politicians for abandoning university students for thier 2023 ambitions.<\/p>\n
He said the NLC will engage the political class gunning for offices in 2023 on the plight of the downtrodden in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Comrade Wabba said, \u201cWe are facing a period of great injustice on the downtrodden of the society, children of the poor are at home but the children of the rich are going to school, we have written several communications to the government but no response till date, rather they are busy discussing politics.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s very clear we have not had it rosy, we just got out of COVID-19 but we have more serious challenges centred around education.<\/p>\n
” As you all know, the children of the poor are at home while those of the rich are going to school. To date, we have communicated through recommendations to the government but no response.<\/p>\n
” This is most disheartening because people in our generation benefited from free education, from primary to tertiary level, this is not acceptable, instead of the politicians discussing these issues as a national emergency, they are occupied with the 2023 elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe at this CWC meeting would be looking at the upcoming political dispensation. A lot of broken promises. No worker should sit down and just watch, certainly, that will not be our portion. We must engage politicians, making sure the downtrodden is accommodated in the next political dispensation,\u201d Wabba stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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