copious reference to a month long youth confab that government was planning ostensibly as a way of giving our youth direction to a bright future.
If we may ask though, can a one month confab compare to four years of steady academic calendars of quality education in securing the future of our youths and our nation? Can this ‘noble’ confab intended by government accommodate one tenth of the youth population in our public universities, bearing in mind that there are over seventy public universities, with a minimum of four thousand students each with some having as many as 60 to 120,000 students?
If the government cares about our youth, if the government cares about the citizenry, if the government cares about a better Nigeria, the first thing to do is to take education seriously. The way forward to avoid the looming industrial crisis in our public universities, and to secure the future of our youth and nation is for government to let good conscience prevail.
Even though the high hopes we had with the advent of the present regime have dimmed we refuse to give up completely, and even in our hope, our resilience remains unwavering.
ASUU-Nsukka Zone wishes to state in clear terms that if the government of the day frustrates our union into an industrial action, then the government must be held solely responsible for such a crisis. Consequently, all appeals for an amicable resolution at that time should be directed at government and not our union.”
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