The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has flayed the Federal Government over the current increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, in any other case referred to as petrol as well as the electricity tariff.
The Akure zone of ASUU, which frowned over the development after its zonal assembly on the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, additionally condemned the proposed plans to re-open schools.
According to the Union during a press briefing over the weekend, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has not been forthcoming over the anti-masses policies of the federal government.
The zonal coordinator of the Akure sector of the Union, Prof Olu Olufayo who expressed disappointment over the silence of NLC, emphasised that plans to reopen colleges in the country, in particular tertiary institutions was an invite to another wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
“Other countries which include the USA and Germany with better health centers have had to hurriedly close down schools after reopening and it's far for this reason, ASUU feels Nigeria ought to learn from history.
“Nothing have to forestall the monitoring agencies from embarking on the kind of close marking that was given to the aviation industries, to our schools to make sure the safety of our staff and students.”
Olufayo stated the numerous increases in tariff will no doubt add to the plight of everyday Nigerians who're nonetheless seeking to grapple with the demanding situations of the pandemic.
The Zonal Coordinator similarly said that ASUU did not embark on industrial action due to the Integrated Payroll and Personal Information, IPPIS, however because of “the sorry state of our universities which the government miraculously wants to turn first-class overnight.”
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