The Senator representing Kaduna Central constituency at the
National Assembly, Shehu Sani has thrown his weight behind the commencement of
the indefinite nationwide industrial action by members of Academic Staff Union
of Universities, ASUU.
Shehu, who took to his Facebook page, on Monday urged the
executive to meet up with the demands of the body.
He wrote: “First, I wholeheartedly support ASUU strike.
Secondly, I call on the executive to dialogue and meet up the demands of the
Union.
“Thirdly, the need to declare emergency on the state of
public universities, polytechnic and colleges of education is now.”
DAILY POST had earlier reported that ASUU’s national
President, Dr. Biodun Ogunyemi, had during a meeting of the National Executive
Council of ASUU in Abuja announced the commencement of a nationwide industrial
action.
Ogunyemi said that during the strike, there shall be no
teaching, no examination and no attendance of statutory meetings of any kind in
any of the union branches across the country.
By Seun Opejobi
