This is in addition to the N100 billion voted for infrastructural development in the 62 Federal universities. But the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) rejected the offer, saying 'it would not grab the crumb.' In this interview withEducation Review,Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, Nigeria's former Minister of Works, under President Olusegun Obasanjo civilian administration and Pro-Chancellor, and Chairman, Governing Council, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), advises the aggrieved lecturers to accept the offer and return to their Councils for the implementation. In his view, the Federal Government has demonstrated sufficient commitment to ending the 10-week strike that has turned public universities into ghost communities. Excerpts: As a father and also the Chairman, Governing Council, FUNAAB, how do you feel seeing so many students out of school because of the ongoing ASUU strike? Let us feel for these children because our own children are abroad schooling.
Ndugu yangu Mghanga nakupa pole sana na kisa hicho cha kusikitisha.Kwa maoni yangu Wizara na W/M hawakutenda haki ktk hili maana madaktari walijitahidi sana kuomba kukutana na hao wakuu lakini ikashindikana pia Waziri Mkuu tayari alishalishwa sumu na wakuu wa wizara husika hivyo basi kuchukua uamuzi huo ilikuwa tayari ni ajenda iko mezani.Katibu Mkuu wa Afya alikuwa tayari na majibu ya kukatisha tamaa kwa madaktari, kwani tayari aliwakejeri kwa lugha ambazo ni za uswahili na wakati yeye akipata shida ya ugonjwa atapelekwa nje ya nchi kama tunavyona kwa wakubwa wengine (Appolo india).Mh.pinda pia alichukuwa muda mrefu kuingilia kati tatizo lenyewe.Serikali(watendaji wakuu) bado ni tatizo leo nimeoana kwenye magazeti posho wamejipandishia kwanini wasipandishe na kwa madaktari?.