Fund Education to Check Rising Insecurity, ASUU Tells FG - THISDAYLIVE via thisdaylive
The Academic Staff Union of Universities , yesterday laid the blame for the rising insecurity in the country on government’s failure to fund education and educate children of the masses.
The Chairman, ASUU University of Ibadan chapter, Prof. Deji Omole, in a release made available to ThisDay, said the future of the country looks bleak with the attitude of her leaders to fund education, notice that the ruling class should see the rising insecurity as one of the consequences of failing to educate the teeming youths and attending to the welfare of the people.
According to him, the union expects the government to strictly follow the timelines allocated to meeting specific demands now that elections are over, insisting that while the union is discussing renegotiation of its agreements with government, it should do the needful and implement all outstanding components of the Memorandum signed with the union.
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