ASUU National Chairman, Emmanuel Osodeke, has called on Nigerians to stand up and vote for the advancement of the country.
Osodeke was reacting to reports of the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, obtaining the All Progressives Congress, APC, expression of interest and nomination forms worth N100 million.
In a report, Osodeke said security forces should have invited Nwajiuba to be questioned on how he arrived with N100 million.
According to the ASUU Chairman: “Under normal circumstances, the minister should have been invited by the security guards to show how he had raised N100 million and that he had paid taxes on that amount. But we are in a world where anything is going; it sounds somehow that he can not solve the problem in his ministry but wants to rule the world; that’s a lot of stories.
“For us, it’s not about one person but the government; we should not personalize it. ASUU is on strike because the government could not meet its demands and not about an individual.”
On government not placing much importance on education, he said: “That’s what we have been saying all along. Have you seen any governor building primary or secondary schools lately? But they want to build a university to win elections and when they can’t fund it.
“Nwajuiba and co are just raising money for campaigns; it’s a very sad development for the country, and we expect all Nigerians to rise up during this election and vote for people who can run this country, people who live here and go to hospitals here; those are the kind of people we should be looking out for.
“Nigerians should rise up and elect people who believe in Nigeria and not people who come here to collect money and go abroad.”
