CDHR to NUT: Suspend planned sympathy strike with ASUU

WARRI— COMMITTEE for Defence of Human
Rights, CDHR, Delta State chapter, has called
on the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, to
suspend its planned sympathy strike with the
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
“We feel strongly that it is not necessary.
Another strike by NUT at this time will
compound the problems already encountered
by parents of their wards,” the state chapter
said in a statement by the chairman and
secretary, Benefit Orugbo and Chief Fred
Omereyone.
According to Delta CDHR, “The problems of
insecurity and moral decadence will be
worsened among pupils in the various schools
in the country if NUT fails to heed this modest
advice. NUT should not bow to pressures by
embarking on a sympathy strike as the Federal
Government has not failed the NUT in its
obligation to members in the past.
“We have experienced over time that, like a
game of football where two giants fight, the
grass bears the main brunt of the battle. The
grass in the ASUU strike appears to be the
students in this case, as members of ASUU and
the government may not suffer any pains at the
end of the strike, but students, definitely, will
lose ground by the time they will graduate.
“The respective interests in the ASUU strike
ought to be addressed by the deliberating
parties to protect, promote and secure the
future of the average Nigerian student who
cannot afford education abroad.”