Something’s not right with ASUU leadership

Whatever achievement ASUU has recorded so far in the name of strike, cannot be equated to the losses that one single strike has incurred. Personally, I now see the name of ASUU as akin to strike.   Things go from bad to worse. Which implies something is fundamentally wrong with the leadership of ASUU at every […]

Whatever achievement ASUU has recorded so far in the name of strike, cannot be equated to the losses that one single strike has incurred. Personally, I now see the name of ASUU as akin to strike.   Things go from bad to worse. Which implies something is fundamentally wrong with the leadership of ASUU at every level. There seems to be a dichotomy between the knowledge acquired and the translation to effective leadership to solve our prevailing managerial problems. We need to question our acquired knowledge if it is actually being translated into the needed wisdom to guide our affairs with discretion. How long would the two elephants’ fight before the grass get relief?
The present situation is indefensible. What legacy are our institutions of higher learning building? Can’t the universities survive without allocation from the federal government?
One thing I personally abhor is the compa-rison with the politicians, that whoever feels they are not earning enough should try politics rather than jeopardizing the future of our country. I’m a civil servant; despite the take home pay we the teachers receive that can’t take us home, the NUT has not frequently gone on indefinite strikes, as a result, as the ASUU does incessantly. More so, many of ASUU members had been in the secondary schools too; remember we all go to the same market. What about the primary schools? Their case is even worse. If we are patriotic enough, my view is that Primary Education should be our main concern. If many of our children can have quality primary education, their lives would have been better for it.  
The crux of this matter is that we never wish things continue this way, and if strike had been a way out, by now we never should have heard of strike anymore. We can’t keep doing the same thing every time and expect a different result. I expect ASUU to know what that means. Can we have a different approach to this issue other than strike?  
It is high time the universities came together, not to think of strike as the last resort, but to think the way forward. We hope to have a good government and good governance but our intellectuals must begin to brainstorm on how our universities can survive and thrive amidst hard times without strike. If you think strike as the only option to meet your need when a government isn’t promptly yielding you will always go on strike running yourself out of competition. Enough is enough.

Moses John, <[email protected]>;