As various unions continue to express their unflinching support for the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, some primary school pupils in Osun State on Monday also threw their weight behind ASUU’s struggle which one of its demands is to overhaul the public university system.
The pupils in their numbers appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari led government to reach a logical ground with the varsity teachers and other aggrieved staff .
In solidarity with the ongoing lockdown of Nigerian universities, the primary school pupils converged at the Obafemi Awolowo University main campus gate armed with placards with different inscriptions.
The protesting pupils demanded improved welfare for university lecturers in the country, urging the federal government to do all within its reach to protect their future.
Other students urged the government not to jeopardize the effort of the founding fathers of Nigeria particularly in education.
A primary school educationalist, Iyabo Ayanku expressed worry over the standard of the national curriculum and stressed that Nigeria’s developmental agenda can only be achieved in a more organized setting for teachers and students.
She urged the government and other stakeholders in the education sector to return to the negotiation table to save the nation’s education sector.
ASUU had been on industrial action since 14th of February over developmental related issues.
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