We Are Dealing With A Dumb And Deaf Government – SSANU

Posted by: Folamidavid in News, Politics Apr 28, 2022

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has come out to accuse the Federal Government of deceit and lack of interest to provide quality education to Nigerians.

The group recently had its say via a press statement, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the political class in Nigeria is actually worse than the dreaded Boko Haram because it denies children of the masses access to education, and they need to be stopped as soon as possible.

SSANU added that Nigerian students are currently dealing with a deaf and dumb government, and we must find all means of drawing attention to this plight.

His words, “The Western Zone of SSANU is here in solidarity with the national leadership. Leaving our jobs to embark on a strike is not a pleasurable experience for us especially now that our salaries have been stopped.”

“But when we are dealing with a deaf and dumbs government, we must find all means of drawing attention to our plight. Unfortunately, if Boko Haram means that education is forbidden, there is no group that depicts the forbidding of education more than the political class in Nigeria.”

“For over six months, we gave notice of strike, repeated letters and reminders were communicated without any acknowledgment. We embarked on a two-week warning strike, no response. We extended by two weeks, yet no response either from the Ministry of Education or from Ministry of Labour.”

“It needs to be established that when IPPIS was to be introduced into the university system, SSANU and NASU embraced the payment platform on the understanding that it would stem the tide of personnel corruption pervading our universities, and that it would accommodate all the peculiarities of the university system.”

“Unfortunately, our expectations were dashed as IPPIS in itself is yet another cesspool of corruption and has produced the most shambolic mode of, salary payment ever witnessed in the University system. It is so haphazard that salaries are never predictable, salaries of clerical officers are paid to professors while salaries of professors are paid to security officers.”