University Teachers Blast FG Over Insecurity

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, says the federal government must accept responsibility for the failure to manage crisis in the country, leading to the killings of several persons.

ASUU at a briefing in Abuja said while members of the union, like millions of other patriotic Nigerians watched helplessly the endless drift that has characterized governance since the return to civil rule in 1999, it is high time the government act.

According to ASUU president, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, Nigerians had hoped for socio-economic opportunities that would improve their deplorable conditions but these hopes have been dashed and that the hope for any meaningful change in the near future appears bleak each passing day.

On farmers/herdsmen conflicts, ASUU said government’s handling of the issue has fallen far short of protecting certain constitutional Provisions on fundamental human rights, just as it particularly accused government of failure to enforce section 17 :2b of the Nigerian constitution which states that the sanctity of the human  person shall be recognized and human dignity shall be maintained and enhanced.

The university lecturers also condemned in strong terms, those hiding behind the farmers and pastoralists to incite the poor to mutual destruction and called on the government to deal with all those who are established to have sponsored or committed such heinous crimes against fellow citizens.