A socio-economic group known as the Unity Project Nigeria has alleged that Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) were compromised by the leading oppposition party in the country, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Founder and Leader of the group, Igwekala Ugomefule, addressed a press conference in Abuja where he alleged that the leaders of the Unions may have been compromised after receiving financial gratification from the APC.
Igwekala expressed concern over the stance of ASUU in not reaching a compromise with the Federal Government despite several overtures being made by the Presidency. He also faulted the NLC for wanting to join ASUU in a solidarity strike, and blamed their decision on a meeting they had with Governor Rotimi Amaechi where the decision to do so was reached.
“Information on ground indicate that the Nigerian political opposition, a known desperate, power-mongering philistine and undemocratic movement has since hijacked the ASUU movement and now the NLC leadership, ” he said.
“With recent developments, the bubbles have finally burst and the cat had been let out of the bag on the real motives of the seemingly endless strike by the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU).
“Our organisation based on facts at our disposals, through our information gathering network, has raised the alarm at the several clandestine meetings of the leading members of the opposition and the ASUU and NLC leadership, ” he added.
In response, APC said the government’s incompetence was to blame rather than any conspiracy.
APC Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said: “The insinuation that it is the opposition that is behind ASUU strike is baseless. Meanwhile, we know that the federal government has gone to lobby the religious leaders and they have been lobbying everybody but this will not help them. They should do the right thing by going into an agreement and obeying such an agreement.
“Any government that does not place education as a priority is doing a disservice to the children unborn. The PDP government should not rope in the opposition in their incompetence. They should find solution to their problem. For God’s sake what has the opposition got to do with ASUU’s insistence that the federal government should implement an agreement between them?”
DON’T WORRY, OPPOSITIONS AND THE CRIMINALS CALLED ASUU AND NLC WILL SOON KNOW THAT NIGERIAN STUDENTS HAVE KNOWN THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT THE ULTIMATE CAUSE OF THEIR PROBLEMS RATHER, THE CRIMINALS CALLED OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE LUNATICS CALLED NORTHERN POLITICIANS AND CHIBUIKE AMAECHI, WOLE SOYINKA, ROCHAS OKOROCHA WHO HAVE PAID ASUU AND NLC TO DESTABILIZE THE COUNTRY SIMPLY BECAUSE A MAN WHO IS NOT DANCING THEIR TONES IS ON SEAT. DON’T WORRY, IT WILL SOME COME, I MEAN WHAT THEY SEEK AND THEN, WE SHALL KNOW HOW THEY WILL GO ABOUT IT. NIGERIAN STUDENTS HAVE KNOWN THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT OUR PROBLEM TO THIS EXTENT OUR PROBLEMS HAVE GOTTEN TO.
DON’T WORRY, OPPOSITIONS AND THE CRIMINALS CALLED ASUU AND NLC WILL SOON KNOW THAT NIGERIAN STUDENTS HAVE KNOWN THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT THE ULTIMATE CAUSE OF THEIR PROBLEMS RATHER, THE CRIMINALS CALLED OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE LUNATICS CALLED NORTHERN POLITICIANS AND CHIBUIKE AMAECHI, WOLE SOYINKA, ROCHAS OKOROCHA WHO HAVE PAID ASUU AND NLC TO DESTABILIZE THE COUNTRY SIMPLY BECAUSE A MAN WHO IS NOT DANCING THEIR TONES IS ON SEAT. DON’T WORRY, IT WILL SOME COME, I MEAN WHAT THEY SEEK AND THEN, WE SHALL KNOW HOW THEY WILL GO ABOUT IT. NIGERIAN STUDENTS HAVE KNOWN THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT OUR PROBLEM TO THIS EXTENT OUR PROBLEMS HAVE GOTTEN TO.
I knew all along that the strike is politically motivated, the way they are all wanting to join in solidarity strike, showed that somebody somewhere is controlling them. They should leave Jonathan alone and allow us vote him out if he doesn’t perform to our expectations and not trying to frame him up and manipulate us.
the toomfoolery of a part of Nigerian populace is revealed again.and to think some people believe this piece of garbage.So,all the other times ASUU went on strike,who sponsored them.Have you asked yourselves why so many bodies are striking against this very government,if not because of their insincerity and failure to honour agreements?meanwhile, it has been revealed that the FG is guilty of sponsoring oil bunkering and oil theft,especially by multinational corporations like SHELL to the tune of billions of dollars,because a lot of them have shares and stakes and benefits to gain from.As for Nigerian students,they are so flippant,that they do not mind coming out half-baked,just so they have degrees.even if they cannot compete with their counterparts around the world,because of lack of quality materials and education.They just want to get out and become politicians too,and continue the rot.
Thank you Tasie, for such clear and insightful thinking. Few are so blessed. Thank you.
What kind of baseless report is this? Caption says “opposition”. Story says amaechi. No amount mentioned, no instance of “clandestine” meeting. Just shallow utterances and lazy unprofessional reporting. ASUU is now a sensitive issue which you cannot report with levity.