Hon Omole urged the Federal Government to take the issue of education with all sense of seriousness, stressing that no meaningful development can take place when adequate attention is not given to education.
By Julius Alabi, Akure
The Ondo State House of Assembly has said the future of the country looks bleak following the prolonged strike of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The lawmkers in their resolutions today at their sitting in Akure, the state capital warned that time is now for Federal government to end the six months old strike embarked upon by ASUU.
The Lawmakers noted that education in Nigeria is drying gradually. “We are calling on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on the sector to stop the gradual decline of the educational sector in the country.”
The lawmakers made the call at a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Rt Hon. Oleyelogun Bamidele. The Majority leader of the House, Hon.Oluwole had earlier moved the motion for the matter to be discussed on the floor of the House, which was seconded by Hon. Adeyemi Olayemi.
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Speaking also on the burning issue, the lawmaker representing Akoko South West Constituency 1, Hon Olugbenga Omole, appreciated the Speaker for bringing such matter to the floor, saying that keeping students at home for such a long time is disheartening and condemnable.
According to Hon Omole, the Federal Government should take the issue of education with all sense of seriousness, stressing that no meaningful development can take place when adequate attention is not given to education.
Having carefully listened to the different reactions of the lawmakers, the Speaker appealed to the federal Government and ASUU to find a lasting solution to the lingering crisis between them in the interest of the country.
Oleyelogun who described education as the bedrock of national development, lamented that apart from the fact that the strike has made the youth to lose faith in Education, it has also given room for some of them to get involved in negative vices that may compromise their future as leaders of tomorrow.
The House later unanimously passed a resolution through voice vote that the Federal Government should urgently go back to the drawing board with a view to finding amicable solution to the crisis.
Earlier, a bill to amend the law for the Ondo State education Endowment fund Law 2022 was passed into law.
The passage followed the submission of a report by the Chairman, House committee on Education,Hon.Simon Borokini for consideration and approval.
The Speaker later ruled for the bill to become law after a motion was moved by the majority leader of the House, Hon.Oluwole Ogunmolasuyi and seconded by Hon.kuti Towase.