The Minister of education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has asked students affected by the ongoing strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to sue the union.
Recall that the union, which has been on strike since February 14, is demanding for the full implementation of the 2009 agreement it signed with the Federal Government, among others.
At a briefing held in Abuja, on Thursday, August 18, the minister was asked if the federal government has plans to compensate students affected by the industrial action.
Responding to the question, Adamu said: “We are all hit by this strike action, perhaps because students have to spend an extra one year or two, you can say, they are worst hit. If you had the chance, or the capacity to measure the effect of that on the economy, the economy is also a victim, parents are also victims.
It’s a loss for the nation. As far as I know, JAMB will administer examinations, students will use it to process admissions into universities, nothing has changed.
Who do you assume will compensate students? The federal government? Probably you should take the leaders of strike unions to court to pay them, probably the court will award dam@ges and then, we’ll see how they pay.”
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