Instead of ASUU to use this opportunity to hold the federal government to solve their problem once and for all, they “foolishly” and selfishly support their members to work for the government but won’t teach the poor students.
People will begin to wonder if elites and professors are part of the ASUU because sometimes, ASUU behaves like a body that is dumb and unorganized.
The chairman of ASUU said ASUU will not stop its members from participating in the election as temporary staff ”as that is part of their community service.”
He said despite the ongoing strike by the union, it would not stop any of its staff from taking part in the electoral process.
He assured that ASUU will continue to work with INEC to further deepen the content and the process of elections in Nigeria.
The INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, expressed delight at the position of the lecturers.
“We had a very successful meeting with the union, we are very happy with the assurance that we received from the union,” he said. “I am happy to say that as a result of this meeting, Nigerians should rest assured that 2019 general election is fully on course.”
He said the commission would secure collation and returning officers from the pool of university officials it has access to.
When asked to clarify allegations that one of its commissioners, Amina Zakari, who now heads the collation committee is related to the president, the chairman simply said: “she is not related to the president. She is from Jigawa State. The president is from Katsina State”.
The presidency earlier on Friday had clarified that Mrs Zakari was not related by blood to Mr Buhari.
“President Buhari and Commissioner Amina Zakari don’t share a family relationship. An inter-marriage occurred in their extended families, so the imputation of blood relationship between the President and the electoral commissioner is a simple lie,” Garba Shehu, Mr Buhari’s spokesperson said