Two coffins wrapped up in banners
branded PDP and APC were carried along in
a rally in Lagos yesterday by some Nigerian
youths pressing home their frustration over
the ASUU strike that has paralyzed Nigeria’s
universities for over two months.
Declan Ihekaire, the leader of the rally,
explained the students resorted to this
symbolism to blame and warn the two
major political parties in the country over
their roles in the nation’s tertiary education
impasse.
According to the youths, President Goodluck
Jonathan accessed public education as a
“shoeless” child, but makes it rather difficult
for others to access.
And Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola of
the APC was fingered for jacking up tuition
fees in Lagos State University such that the
institution becomes inaccessible to average
Lagosians.
“Whereas, Fashola enjoyed free education
when he studied in Uniben”, said the
youths, describing him as a self-centered
governor serving the interests of some
imperialists.
The demonstrators served a seven-day
ultimatum to both parties, asking the PDP to
prevail on Jonathan to meet ASUU demands
and re-open the universities, and that
Fashola should reconsider the LASU policy –
or else they will “take other actions”.
The ASUU and federal government got to
this sticking point, after the 2012 three-
month strike, over the rupturing of the 2009
agreement between the union and the
government.
The pact, which ASUU claimed the federal
government signed, demands, among other
things, funding for revitalization of the
Nigerian universities, federal government
assistance to state universities, and
establishment of NUPEMCO.
Others include: increase in annual budgetary
allocation to education to 26 percent
between 2009 and 2020; earned
allowances; and setting up of Research
Development Council; and Provision of
research equipment to laboratories and
classrooms in our universities.
Nigeria currently commits less than 10 per
cent of its annual budget to education.
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So wat is APC got to do wt ASUU strike.
Bt i can smell REVOLUTION in naija soon.
That fisherman pikin shud get sumtin done o

Can all these actually change things??...that JEG shouting @ isn't reali intrested in listening to all these, he prefers making orders for i-phones for independence ceremony. How do u expect him to release the remaining 300Billion when 2015 is nearing, he'll prefer to use it for campaign, LORD HAVE MERCY ON STUDENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

confusion247: How come APC is involved in this untimely burial, i thought that APC is the last hope for northern oligarchy and their western slaves?

people have been saying that gej should do it the way fashola did it in lasu by increasing school fees to N400thausand naira per student so as to satisfy the those greedy Assu

people have been saying that gej should do it the way fashola did it in lasu by increasing school fees to N400thausand naira per student so as to satisfy the those greedy Assu

Tuntheycr7: So wat is APC got to do wt ASUU strike.
Bt i can smell REVOLUTION in naija soon.
That fisherman pikin shud get sumtin done o

7 days koh 41 days ni......anyao fg/ASUU mak una dey counter dey go