Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion,
Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, has called for the disbandment
of the national body of the Academic Staff Union of
University. He described the methods adopted by ASUU as immoral and self-enrichment. Okoh spoke in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Thursday, during the Standing Committee Meeting of the Bishops Conference of the church.
He said, “The government should find a way either to
privatise the universities or get ASUU to be limited to
individual universities such that there will be no national
ASUU body mandating even institutions without grievances
to go on strike."
“There is no such body anywhere in the world. Challenges
facing any institution should be treated locally without
involving others."
“While the ASUU strike lasts, university lecturers are busy
teaching in private universities (most of which lack
lecturers) and earning money and when the strike is over,
they will still be paid for the period of the strike."
“This is highly immoral and must be discouraged.”
As a short term measure, Okoh urged government to
accede to the demands of ASUU, describing the academic,
moral and social implications of the strike as enormous."
Punch

Can the FG disband a union they didn't constitute?unless they label ASUU a criminal group,ASUU however remains a pressure group