{"id":98860,"date":"2022-09-02T08:26:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T07:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98860"},"modified":"2022-09-02T08:26:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T07:26:19","slug":"prolonged-asuu-strike-ex-envoy-blames-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/prolonged-asuu-strike-ex-envoy-blames-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"Prolonged ASUU Strike: Ex-envoy Blames FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A former Nigeria\u2019s High Commissioner to Canada and Mexico, Professor Iyorwuese Hagher, has berated the federal government for failing to resolve Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The professor of theatre arts lamented that only an irresponsible government would allow its higher educational system to collapse.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0Hagher, a former ProChancellor of Afe-Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, said a well-equipped higher education is fundamental to national greatness of any country.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said, \u201cThe long strike by the ASUU and federal government\u2019s intransigence seems to vindicate the perception that APC is working in tandem with some extremist\u2019s agenda that \u2018Western Education is a sin\u2019.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cNigerians should see the APC as against progress, since there cannot be any meaningful progress without a well-equipped higher educational system.\u201d ASUU embarked a four[1]week strike on February 14, 2022.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The union rolled it over on March 13 for eight weeks and extended it to three months on May 9th. At the expiration of three months roll-over strike, ASUU, again extended it to four weeks and later converted the warning strike to indefinite on 29th August, 2022.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Among the reasons for the strike is government\u2019s failure to implement the Memorandum of Action signed with the union on December 23rd, 2020, and the non-signing of the 2009 renegotiated FGN\/ ASUU agreement submitted nine months ago.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Although the federal government claimed it had met over 80 percent of the union\u2019s demands, ASUU remains adamant, insisting that government has not addressed any of its demands.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Nigeria\u2019s High Commissioner to Canada and Mexico, Professor Iyorwuese Hagher, has berated the federal government for failing to resolve Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. 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