The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Wednesday lashed out at the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige over his purported comments on university lecturers.
ASUU in a release signed by the Ibadan zonal coordinator of the union, Professor Ade Adejumo, described Dr. Ngige’s comment that ” lecturers are sitting at home playing Ludo as reckless and uncharitable.”
The union stressed that “in a clime of responsible governance and leadership, the government will be making moves to meet the demands of the union to get the strike suspended, adding, “members of the union have been making giant inventions and playing frontline role in the fight against COVID-19 even when they have to contribute their money to develop ventilators because they have “irresponsible government that has refused to fund and invest in research.”
“We are constrained to respond to the Minister’s uncharitable claim that Nigerian academics have been sitting down “at home playing Ludo and drafts and other games’ instead of conducting research for the discovery of new drugs and equipment for combating COVID-19 is least expected of someone who wears the garb of conciliator general of Nigeria,” it said.
