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2023: APC, PDP Told To Use 50% Of Fees From Aspirants On ASUU Strike
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Ebonyi Guber Aspirant, Julius Ucha Offers Practical Solution To End ASUU Strike
- Ucha Laments That Incessant ASUU Strike Has Created Social Problem
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Senator Julius Ucha has urged all political parties fielding candidates for the 2023 general election to release 50 percent of the monies realised from aspirants to the federal government to use in settling what is responsible for the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State made this call while speaking with newsmen in Abakaliki, the state capital, regretting that ASUU is still on strike at a time that insecurity has worsened in the country.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige recently reiterated the position that the federal government cannot meet all the demands of the striking university lecturers.
“It’s very unfortunate that ASUU is still on strike. The government is the largest shareholder in education in the country. The incessant ASUU strike has created a social problem. In every family, parents should be happy that their children are in school when they have solved the problem of paying school fees,” he said.
While noting that political parties have collected so much money from the society, he said, “I’m using this opportunity to appeal to political parties that fielded candidates to release 50 percent of the money they collected from aspirants to the federal government to use it to cushion the effects of the ASUU crisis.”
Ucha pointed out that “Political parties are also members of the society. ASUU members are also from the society. Children are members of the society. So the entire society is bleeding. Let all political parties help the government to solve the crisis.”
According to him, “When children are in school, it is a very big relief to parents and the society. But when they are not in school, they are no longer busy; their minds are no longer busy; their brains are now looking for what to do because an idle mind is the devil’s workshop.
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“Therefore, I’m using this opportunity to call on ASUU and the federal government to intensify efforts to resolve this strike,” Ucha said.
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