ASUU: NNPP Expresses Worry, Suggests Solution To Lingering Strike

The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has expressed worry over the prolonged strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Alhaji Sani Liti, the NNPP Chairman in Katsina State, communicated the trouble while speaking to newsmen on  Friday in Katsina. 

The Chairman said the show of concern became necessary as the strike by the lecturers has kept over 10 million students at home.

To this, he proposed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should forfeit the profit they made from the sale of nomination forms to meet the striking lecturers' demands. 

“If the more than 10 million young Nigerians are allowed to continue to remain at home, we ask Nigerians to start an ‘ASUU back to Class’ contributory fund.

“We believe that Nigerians shall contribute money to ASUU and have them return to classes. Should 60 million Nigerians contribute N1,000 only, the total money should be about N60 billion.

“Political parties, especially PDP and APC, should sacrifice all their income from the sale of forms, estimated to be over N30 billion to ASUU.

“In addition, the major candidates, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Mr Bola Tinubu should also sacrifice half of the amount they expended during the convention of their political parties,” he proposed.
 
Liti maintained that the money involved in political processes by politicians and their parties from February to August is twice the amount demanded by the union to reopen institutions. 
 
He further urged the government to check the excesses of politicians in the monetary aspect if the country's economy would be improved.  

On the issue of insecurity, the Chairman said a special prayer session had become necessary as one of the best alternatives to find a solution to the unrest.

“It is, thus, important for the people of Katsina to devise local means of protecting themselves, including local intelligence gathering, ways of avoiding bandits’ attack on their vIllages and several other means they may devise.

"They should deploy the greatest weapon that is available to them, which prayer is one.

 “We, therefore, urge every grown-up person, who has the ability, to fast at least once a week and ask God to help us overcome the rising insecurity in Katsina State and Nigeria.

“In this respect, we shall call for a state prayer every month. The monthly Katsina state prayer session wIll begin this month, God willing," he advised.