The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Sunday advocated that public office holders in the country should be ban from sending their children/wards to study in tertiary institutions abroad.
According to the union “such policy would reduce the decadence in the nation’s education sector.
This was contained in a statement by the Akure zone of the union which was signed by the zonal Coordinator, Prof. Olu Olu Olufayo and the FUTA ASUU branch Chairman, Dr. Olayinka Awopetu.
They said such policy would also help to rebuild the nation’s educational and health sectors
Apart from this, the union also called on the Federal Government to compel member of the ruling class and their dependants from seeking medical intervention outside Nigeria soil.
The statement said that “members of the ruling class and their cohorts have their wards schooling abroad, so they have no commitment to end ASUU strike since political office has become occupational rather than public service.
“Until we domesticate two very important practices as laws in Nigeria, we may not get out of this doldrums -first, an act to compel all public office holders and government appointees to have their wards educated in Nigeria Public schools from primary to tertiary level.
Secondly, an act to compel all political office holders, appointees and their dependents prohibiting them from seeking medical intervention outside Nigeria.
“When these two laws are enacted, perhaps we will gradually see the end of needless ASUU strikes in the Country.
“Until such a time when government does the needful (our ivory towers properly funded, our withheld emoluments paid amongst other issues), the struggle continues.
“For the patriotic and hardworking Nigerian who desires a future for his/her children as well as building and developing this nation, it becomes imperative that you all call out the government to attend to issues apolitically and objectively to get the system running efficiently and effectively”
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