ASUU strike: Group urges presidency to sack Education,Labour Ministers

The ongoing nationwide strike by the
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,
has continued to generate enormous
controversies, even as a group under the
aegis of Association of Northern Youth for
the Advancement of Peace, Harmony and
Development,ANYPAD, has called on
President Goodluck Jonathan to sack both
the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqqayat
Rufai and that of Labour and Productivity,
Chief Emeka Wogu since they have refused
to resign honourably.
The Group made its position known in a
statement made available on
Friday, and signed by its President, Melvin
Ejeh.
According to him, “We therefore
call on President Goodluck
Jonathan to sack the two Ministers
forthwith and employ all means within his
reach to end the strike.
Adding that, “The ongoing ASUU strike is a
complete show of incompetence and lack of
respect for the future of Nigerian students.
ANYPAD warned that if the aforementioned
Ministers don’t vacate their offices, it will
organize a mass street protest, for their
inability to resolve the long standing
differences between the Federal
Government and ASUU.
The group further decried that, “We have
watched with utmost dismay the manner in
which the government and it’s agents have
been handling the issues of Nigeria’s most
important community, the academic
community.
We are aware that most of this selfish
public officers today enjoyed free
Education and even got automatic
employment.
“We wonder why they are adamant to ASUU
and students’ plight since 2009? They had
asked.