He said the federal government “should declare a five-year state of emergency in the education sector. During this period, at least 6% of GDP or 26% of the federal budget as well as 26% of each state budget should be allocated to education during this period. “The University Academic Staff Union (ASUU) and the federal government will meet again on Tuesday to resolve the continuing teachers` warning strike. Differences between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have grown, as the two sides have not yet to set a date for the resumption of negotiations that will lead to a peaceful solution to the more than eight-month-old strike. In addition, the union has called on the federal government to urgently declare a five-year state of emergency in the education sector by allocating 26 percent of its annual budget to the sector. He noted that the government had not addressed the issues raised. According to the report, higher education teachers agreed to halt the strike after the government promised to pay N40 billion for the allowances earned and N30 billion for the revival of the university system, which would bring the total to N70 billion. The body language of the federal government makes it clear that it is the most insensitive and negligent about the emergency situation of Nigerians with regard to the state of education in the country, because none of them (political elites and government officials) relate to their Nigerian training. So it doesn`t matter to them that students are not in school for 100 years because they are self-centered. Only God knows what will happen when the patience of young people is exhausted and they embark on a new cycle of protests. The government of the day is very greedy, ruthless and not proactive.

As greedy as they are, they do not want teachers to feel at least comfortable, knowing that even their (teachers`) income from their so-called multiple appointments cannot be compared to the legitimate incomes of politicians, let alone their looting, successive Nigerian governments are the most reckless and therefore break any agreement reached with the university unions and all other unions. The government should implement the agreements reached legally and voluntarily with the trade unions, so that peace reigns and schools are reopened. It is high time for the government to stop interfering in the future of Nigerian youth. Let them pay through the UTAS platform. M. Adejumo said there had been unrest on the part of the government to reopen schools, especially from owners of private universities, but he said students` lives should not be compromised for financial benefits. “Has the Nigerian government met the NCDC criteria for the COVID-19 protocol in our institutions? Should we endanger the lives of our children for financial gain? Should the main question of life and death be used for profit issues? To end the union`s seven-month strike, the federal government agreed to release N20 billion for the revival of the education sector. Other issues resolved are the Nigerian University Pension Management Company Limited (NUPEMCO), for which ASUU has been satisfied and has accepted the progress made so far. In a later development, nascent reports claim that the ASUU will bury his leg and on Wednesday, October 21, could return to class after a clear indication was given that the Ministries of Education and Finance will speed up the release of funds as agreed by both sides. The ASUU leadership and the federal government delegation met on Tuesday for about eight hours at the Ministry of Labor and Employment, after which ASUU President Professor Biodun Ogunyemi said a statement would only be made after the new government proposals were presented to union members. . .

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