The Academic Staff Union of Universities , ASUU, Federal University Lokoja branch has demanded for the sack of the Ministers of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, Labour and Productivity ,Dr Chris Ngige and his state counterpart, Festus Keyamo for constituting clog in their progress.
The Federal University Lokoja chapter of the Union stated this while staging solidarity protest round the Adankolo campus of the Institution on Tuesday.
Earlier, the union had declare Tuesday as a lecture free day as ordered by the parent body of the Union
The university dons had held emergency congress before embarking on a peaceful demonstration even as they carried placards with various inscription and marched through the campus gate to the environs.
The inscription read in parts; “Say no to casualisation of lecturers,”Ngige must go, Okija shrine awaits you,” “Pay our 8 months salaries,” “stop playing politics with our education”.we are not casual workers.
The Chairman of FUL branch of ASUU, Dr Joshua Silas who addressed journalists after the protest, said the way Federal Government , represented by the three ministers had revealed clearly that they were out to destroy public universities.
“We are calling on Mr. President to remove the ministers before they completely destroy our educational system. They want to turn University lecturers to casual workers. This Government wants to destroy public Institutions” He bemoaned
On the resumption of strike, Dr Silas noted that, the decision is for the National Executive Council of ASUU to decide , while adding that what they are doing today is to Sensitise the public to how Ngige , Keyamo and Adamu are destroying the educational system
According to him” We also want to tell the public that we should not be blamed when we decide on the next line of action.This Government want to destroy education,they want to destroy public Institutions” he added.