The lingering crisis between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the federal government may have a negative effect on the ruling All
Progressives Congress in 2023 general elections, a chieftain of the party, Professor Haruna Yerima, has said.
The former House of Representatives member said President Muhammadu Buhari needs to “urgently intervene and address the thorny issues between the administration and the academic union.” Speaking to journalists in Abuja, Yerima, who is Buhari’s political associate since 2002, said the President “must, as a matter of urgency, review the situation and avert any further degeneration of the crisis which has taken its toll on millions of Nigerian families.
The APC chieftain, who represented Biu, Shani, Bayo, Kwaya/Kusar and Shani Federal Constituency of Borno State at the House of Representatives between 2003 and 2007, said President Buhari must end the debacle which is overshadowing some of the sterling achievements of the APC administration in the past seven years.
“The ‘no work, no pay’ policy adopted by the President against the university lecturers less than 100 days to the general elections is a time-bomb that may explode and negatively affect the APC chances next year. The president shouldn’t allow that to happen. The crisis must be resolved so that the party wins squarely in the forthcoming elections,” he said.Yerima said: “so far, the opposition parties have been cashing on the lingering ASUU crisis to score cheap political goals.
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