Senior lecturers have criticized the Federal Government for refusing to pay members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for the duration of the six-month strike.
Recall that ASUU had insisted on payment of salary as a condition to return to work.
A Former Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Prof. A.O. Adefule-Ositelu described the government as ‘wicked and insensitive to the education and future of youths.
She said if children of top government functionaries attended public universities, the government would not allow the strike for one week.
Adele-Ositelu slammed the ‘ill-treatment’ of lecturers, stressing that ‘our best products are pushed into global servitude because of the uncommitted attitude and decisions. This is stunting our national progress and success.
Head of the Mass Communication Department at Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos, Prof. Emmanuel Eifeduba, said it was ‘foolish talk’ to say lecturers would not be paid for the six months.
Eifeduba said: “Government should pay lecturers their due as they are bound to teach the students all they have missed during the six months’ strike.”
