ASUU: Cleric warns against tragedy worse than B’Haram

General Overseer, Hour of Mercy Ministries,
Prophet Moses Kasali, has urged the Federal
Government to address the prolonged strike by
the Academic Staff Union of Universities in
order to avert tragedy that is worse than the
Boko Haram insurgence.
Kasali, in a telephone interview with our
correspondent on Sunday, noted that the four-
month strike by the university lecturers would
have a negative impact on the Nigerian
youths.
The cleric said, “The Federal Government
should be alive to its responsibility by averting
the crisis besetting university education.
Prolonged strike can provoke worse tragedy
than Boko Haram in our country.
“A nation without focus in the area of
education will be backward. The youths, who
are the leaders of tomorrow, will be faced with
problems.
“On the ongoing ASUU strike, I weep for
Nigeria. We are in a country where the children
of the affluent and those in government attend
private universities and we claim to have a
government. It is profitable not to make a
promise than failing to fulfil promises.”
He bemoaned the state of schools in the
country.
He said, “If those at the helm of affairs say
there is no money, where then should the
money come from? Our universities are like
dungeons with sparse facilities. If we can’t
vouch for the quality of education in our
universities what future does the country
have? The wheel of progress of the country is
grounding to a halt.
“We are really hurting our youths by
mortgaging their future. They are like wounded
lions that may turn round and fight back. We
are pleading with President Goodluck
Jonathan to live up to his bidding by heeding
the demands of ASUU; not necessarily
because of the university teachers but
because of the future of the country.”