I’m Ready To Take Bullet For KSU StudentThe imbroglio that accompanied the recent proscription of activities of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Kogi State University,Anyigba,was a sad one,even though it came as the last resort in order for the present administration in the state to find headways and a lasting solution to the matter.
This was the submission of the Governor,Alhaji Yahaya Bello during the flag-off of the ultra-modern GYB Primary School Project,held in Adankolo,Lokoja,today.
Governor Bello,who lamented the situation where the students,who are at the receiving end, have become wagers at the hands of the ASUU KSU members,said he made the decision to sound it to all that the future of Kogi youths and children is not for sale.
According to the Governor,despite the fact that several commentators have had discordant views on the matter,he is ready to take bullet for the students and indeed the entire people of the state,if it gets to that.
He said it was in view of this resolve that his administration has continued to make all necessary financial and ancillary sacrifices towards ensuring that he stabilizes education in higher institutions of the state.
The Governor stressed the need for Nigerian case-laws to be assisted to make more pronouncements on perennial struggles between what he described as “the might of unions in institutions providing essential services and the rights of owners and the fate of beneficiaries.
Governor Bello wondered whether there is no legal sanctuary whatsoever under the law to adjudicate on matters that concern unions in tertiary institutions whenever they down tools due to genuine constraints of government in meeting all their demands.
The Governor therefore used the event to reiterate his government’s determination not to leave any stone unturned in its commitment to providing and guaranteeing the welfare of the citizens in every sector.
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