The Adventures of ASUU and the FG

"When one of my friends who lives abroad asks me what ASUU means, i tell him that it is an annual cultural festival where the University Community in Nigeria temporarily suspends its activities."
- Facebook User

That is one of the numerous parodies currently going viral and making the rounds on social media. I write this out of sincere empathy for my contacts and ultimately all the Nigerian youths who are affected by this eye-sore. I remember my undergrad days in NAU with nostalgia; one thing that clearly stood out was the consistency of her academic calender - it simply made learning easy.

Is the Nigerian government unaware of the implications of this action; what it is doing to the psychological health of these young bloods? How would they know when their kids have been 'exported' to study abroad [annoyingly, our near neighbours Ghana is on that list]. Do the government and ASUU recognize that the fastest way to get youths engaged in social vices is to keep them idle? I honestly lack words to describe this inimical situation.

Today is a Friday; the weekend is on! However most youths especially undergraduates in the various higher institutions of learning may not agree with me. For them the current ASUU/FG deadlock has killed their 'TGIF-mode'. After about 2 months of academic shutdown, the both parties are still indifferent to the plight of the Nigerian undergraduate student. Only few days ago, Femi Fani Kayode was quoted thus; "ASUU's demands are capable of shutting down government". His stance is corroborated by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy who said there is a paucity of funds to meet ASUU's needs.

There seems to be no respite. The various regional and national student-bodies like NANS have tried to garner the attention of the FG to no avail [today is the seventh day of its ultimatum to government]. The latest move is an alleged plan to shut down private universities who in their opinion are unperturbed by the academic turmoils bedeviling the public sector and are rendering the strike action relatively useless. ASUU on its part is accusing the FG of not being sincere at the negotiation table.
Is this a case of "pot-calling-kettle-black" or do you think otherwise [if you wish to have your comments published on the next ASUU-related blog, then air your views in the comment box below. Thanks.]

Before i forget the above picture is just the handiwork of an idle student who found a sarcastic outlet for expressing his annoyance with the on-going drama [hehehe!].
Hopefully, the next time i will be writing about ASUU/FG, we should have had this very "unfortunate" crises behind us. HOPEFULLY!
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