The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Dr. Nasir Issa-Fagee, has said that universities in the country will continue with the on-going industrial action despite its effect on the students and their parents as well as on the academic calendar.
According to him, the Nigerian Universities will not continue to churn out unemployable graduates because of lack of training facilities in the institutions.
He acknowledged that the strike affect both parents and students, but noted that there was the need for sacrifice by all the stakeholders in order to ensure that Nigeria graduates compete with their peers in other parts of the world.
The ASUU boss observed that the agreement which the union entered into with the federal government in 2009 was due for review in June 20th, 2012, regretting that many years after the agreement, it had not been substantially implemented.
“The academic calendar had already been affected. For the fact that students were graduating, they do not even perform well when they get into the labour market.
“I don’t really know what is our priority. Is it that we just continue churning out graduates with certificates who may not perform because they have not been trained adequately as a result of lack of training facilities, research, laboratories, workshops and adequately equipped libraries?
“This is an agreement that was signed in 2009 and it should have been reviewed in 20th June, last year. I hope we are now in July, 2013, which is one year after, yet we have not substantially implemented that agreement let alone, commencing the process of review.
“So I think that is the key issue. If government is serious, it would have substantially implemented the agreement before June 20 and then commence the process of review of that agreement”, he stated.
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