Osodeke: FG has not alerted ASUU of the cash crunch.

 The government has never claimed to lack the resources to pay for the union's requests and higher education, according to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, which is now on strike. The union was responding to recent statements made by the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, and Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo, who claimed it was unreasonable for the Federal Government to borrow more than N1 trillion to meet ASUU's demands. According to The reports, ASUU has been on strike since February 14, 2022, after presenting its demands, which were then renegotiated by the Federal Government's Prof. Nimi Briggs committee. On Friday, the strike will have lasted 180 days (today).  Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the national president of ASUU, referred to individuals who claimed that the government lacked funds as intrusive outsiders who had no right meddling in ASUU and the government's affairs.

"Do you think the FG has no money?" Osodeke questioned. Umahi—is he the FG? Has the education minister stated this? Has the finance minister stated this? Who will you believe if the person assigned to settle the issue has not stated as such while intrusive parties are making claims? "When did Umahi start serving as the FG's spokesperson? They are allowed to borrow money for Trader Moni, to buy vehicles for the Niger Republic, to feed pupils in classrooms, and other purposes, but they are not allowed to borrow money to pay for schooling. We are both worn out. They ought to formally shut down all the universities if they wish to. When asked if ASUU would modify its demands to allow the students to resume their studies, Osodeke emphasized that the problem lay in the government's refusal to sit down with ASUU for new negotiations.

"Our demands are with the government; ASUU is not bending its demands. They ought to come to us with their demands. We need not plead with them. We reached an agreement and allowed them to send it to us. We've settled our disagreement. He answered, "Let them come and show us what they can do. On leaders, ASUU. In the meantime, Osodeke asked parents and students to vote out leaders who have kept universities closed all around the country on Thursday. After addressing the ASUU congress at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, which was also attended by professors from some other nearby universities, he met with journalists there. Osodeke bemoaned the Federal Government's casual attitude toward matters pertaining to education in the nation and said that ASUU will not give up on its efforts to achieve adequate funding for institutions. We target Nigerians as well. Their lives are at stake in this issue. There will be an election in the next five to six months. They should cast their PVCs, and they should vote out everybody who has put them through this.

They have the right to. The people should vote them out because while the children of those leaders will be attending school abroad, the children of the people cannot be at home. They should utilize their PVCs because that is their right, Sodeke said. 180th day. The ASUU strike, one of the longest in the nation's history, will reach its 180th day on Friday (today), according to The report . According to Osodeke, the goal was to permanently put an end to the strike, not only halt it. Our aim is to put an end to strikes permanently in our universities. That is what we want. "It is a tragedy that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has continued to establish horrible records for itself, especially in the domain of education," said Ayodamola Oluwatoyin, the program director for Reform Education Nigeria. Our memories of the nearly one-year closure of our schools in 2020 are still recent.
"The identical circumstance will arise in 2022. We shouldn't let this go on like this. We disapprove of the scheme to make our undergraduates out-of-school kids.

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