STRIKE: UNILAG LECTURERS PULL OUT, TENDER RESIGNATIONS

STRIKE: UNILAG LECTURERS PULL OUT, TENDER RESIGNATIONS

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) is leading other public tertiary institutions in the number of lecturers resigning their posts due to the federal government’s poor handling of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU’s) ongoing strike.

Dele Ashiru, the UNILAG’s ASUU chapter chairman recently disclosed in Arise Television interview that about 70 percent of the institution’s best lecturers have resigned from their jobs.

Ashiru in his speech reiterated that the federal government’s disposition towards university professors is disrespectful and insensitive.

The impact of the government’s insensitivity and deployment of the weapon of hunger might not be immediately known until after the strike. As I speak with you, more than 70percent of bright and promising young academics retained by the university through mentorship have all left the country for greener pastures due to the poor conditions of service in Nigeria.

“Those that are left are on the verge of leaving. No government in the history of Nigeria has been so insensitive, brash, and disrespectful of the best brains in the country. This is unfortunate and a shame,’’ he said.

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