GOVERNOR
Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State according to VANGUARD yesterday called for the disbandment of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU in the country, following its
alleged antecedent of sabotaging the effort of governments in the area of
education and provision of infrastructural facilities to institution of higher
learning.
The
governor made the call during an interactive session with members and
executives of the state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ.
He
described ASUU’s action as a sabotage of the education sector and the corporate
existence of country; stressing the need for the union to always consider the
future of students while taking steps to contribute its quota towards the
improvement of the education sector.
He said:
“The major victims of this strike are not government but the students and
things are not what they should be.
“ASUU is
due for proscription; the way they are going is sabotage to the existence of
the country. When I travelled I heard that lecturers had resumed in EBSU; my
plan was that if any lecturer is to resume he or she is to renounce their
membership of the union.
“At a
point in time, history must change if not we will keep drifting; in EBSU, it is
still a case of no work no pay.”
On Ebonyi indigenes who were disengaged from Abia State civil service, the governor noted that the state had no covenant with the affected workers that they would be reabsorbed into Ebonyi State civil service.
On Ebonyi indigenes who were disengaged from Abia State civil service, the governor noted that the state had no covenant with the affected workers that they would be reabsorbed into Ebonyi State civil service.
He
noted that what was necessary was for the state to ensure that their
retirement benefits were duly paid to them.
It should be recalled that over 80 Ebonyi indigenes who were disengaged from Abia State civil service had staged a peaceful protest at Government House, Abakaliki, and other relevant government agencies in the state in 2010.
It should be recalled that over 80 Ebonyi indigenes who were disengaged from Abia State civil service had staged a peaceful protest at Government House, Abakaliki, and other relevant government agencies in the state in 2010.
The
indigenes, who were mostly from Ebonyi South and North senatorial districts of
the state were seen carrying placards with various inscriptions, such as
‘a sojourner has a home’, ‘we have come home for sense of belonging’, ‘Ebonyi
state, salt of the nation, we embrace you’, East or West, North or South, Home
is better’, Governor T.A. Orji says no to two dual citizenship, His Excellency,
Ebonyi state Governor, kindly receive your people’ moved around the vicinity,
chatting songs to reflect their state of despondency.
Spokesman
of the group, Mr. Okoro Chibuike Uduma, pointed out that the reason they were
disengaged was because the governor of Abia State, Chief Theodore Orji,
wanted to implement the payment of the N18, 000 minimum wage for only indigenes
of his state.
According
to him, most of them were disengaged from Abia State Local Government Education
Authority, local government councils, among others.
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