The
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Monday accused the
Nigerian government of dashing the hopes of the people after promising
them “change”.
The president of ASUU, Nasir Isa, made
the union’s position known while presenting a “State of the Nation
Address” to journalists in Abuja.
The union called on Nigerians to rise up
and reclaim the country from an inept ruling class and their foreign
collaborators, saying the tools to confront the system are both
structural and instrumental.
The union also advocated the
establishment of a genuine party which is organised to meet the
challenges of building a nation where groups and individuals live in
freedom and happiness.
“Structurally, there is need to adopt a
development model that will make majority of Nigerians the key subjects
and objects of the development process in the face of aggressive
intervention from a genuine worker’s party, organised to meet the
challenges of forging Nigeria where nations and individuals live in
freedom and happiness,” ASUU stated.
The union said the nation was facing a
serious socioeconomic crisis and listed the symptoms of the crisis as
rising poverty level, increasing unemployment and heightened expectation
leading to frustration due to failure to realise improved living
standard.
Other symptoms the union listed are higher food prices, poor healthcare delivery, insecurity of life and property and suffering.
Despite drastic fall in the price of
crude oil, ASUU said Nigeria has enough revenue sources to lift its
people out of poverty and develop the nation’s economy.
Credit: PremiuumTimes
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