Universities [ASUU], Calabar Zone,
has reacted angrily to the order to
return to the classrooms issued to
them by the Supervising Minister
of Education, Nyesom Wike, saying
that the action would worsen the
strike action rather than solving
the problem.
ASUU accused the minister of
deceiving President Jonathan on
the crisis, alleging that Wike and
some other unnamed officials of
the Government did not want the
lingering problem between the
union and the Federal
Government to be resolved.
According to the zonal coordinator
of ASUU Calabar zone, Dr. Charles
Ononuju, with such threat the
crisis would linger far longer than
expected.
In a statement in Umuahia,.
Ononuju said that the union
received with shock the
pronouncement by the supervising
minister, saying the crisis could
not be resolved that way.
“We received with shock the
pronouncement of by the
Supervising Minister of Education,
Wike, that lecturers should
resume work or be sacked”,
Ononuju said.
He said that the union had gone
far with discussion on how to
resolve the crisis and was waiting
for President Goodluck Jonathan’s
reply to their letter after their
meeting when the minister came
up with the “unfortunate”
pronouncement.
“Sacking lecturers will not solve
the problem but will compound it.
Wike should resign and come to
the university and teach. This is
not the way to go if they go this
way, the crisis will not be resolved
in the next 100 years”, he warned.
