Jega accuses Ngige of waging personal war and creating new problems
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
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“The painful thing is while many other people are trying to find a way of addressing this situation so that students can go back to school and lecturers go back to work, he [Ngige] is just creating challenges.”
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Attahiru Jega, a Professor and former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, says Labour Minister Chris Ngige is simply waging a personal war against lecturers to destroy university education in Nigeria.
He made the point on Arise TV, saying while others are trying to resolve the impasse between the government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ngige has turned the matter personal to flex his muscles.
He said Ngige is spewing a personal grouse with both Education Minister Adamu Adamu and ASUU and creating new problems on top of old ones, with tertiary education remaining grounded and students wandering the streets.
“At the end of it, they [the government and ASUU] make an agreement but when they get to the government, they [the government] say it is unrealistic, and these are some of the challenges.
“I want to say something here, the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, is not helping matters, he has turned this thing into a personal quarrel between him and the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on one hand, and between himself and the academic union on the other,” Jega said.
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Ngige creating problems
“The painful thing is while many other people are trying to find a way of addressing this situation so that students can go back to school and lecturers go back to work, he [Ngige] is just creating challenges,” Jega added, per The PUNCH.
“He took the matter to the industrial court and the decision has been appealed by ASUU and now, he has registered two unions while trying to proscribe ASUU.
“If this is allowed by this government, I think it is a recipe for disaster and it may really create more problems than it can solve on this matter of strike action.”