ASUU Strike: Poll Shows 59% Of Students Disagree With Union

Most students in the country do not agree that the current industry action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities is to protect their interest (students’), according to the result of a survey by the union.

Final results showed that 59 per cent of the 7,650 voters disagreed with the union’s position that it was fighting for the well-being of tertiary institutions.

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ASUU had on Wednesday, floated a survey on its Twitter handle.

It read: “Do you know that without the Union, most of you won’t find public school and interesting school to study.

“You should be grateful that we are fighting for your best interest and irrespective of the strike actions, public universities are still far better than private universities.

“The Union is fighting so hard for the best interest of the student at large.”

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As seen by THE WHISTLER on Friday, 32% agreed with the union’s position, 10% were undecided; 19% disagreed while 40% strongly disagreed.

ASUU had embarked on a strike on March 23, calling on the Federal Government to meet its demands, weaved around efficient funding of the education system.

On its part, the government had said it noted the concerns of the union and would do its best to address them.

“The President told me to assure you of his determination to reposition our universities as he would do everything possible to cast the present challenges in our tertiary education to the dustbin of history,” Minister of Labor and Employment, Chris Ngige, had told ASUU.

Meanwhile, the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, during the Covid-19 Presidential Taskforce briefing on Monday, stated that stakeholders were consulting and that tertiary institutions were vetting their readiness for reopening.

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