Don’t vote politicians with children abroad – ASUU President

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The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, on Wednesday, warned Nigerian students not to vote for politicians who have their children studying in institutions abroad.

Osodeke was speaking on a Twitter Space Webinar, tagged, ‘ASUU strike, Revitalisation Fund and the Way Forward.’

Speaking on some of the way forwards on the lingering strike, he said students should not vote for politicians who would not represent their interests.

Osodeke said, “Anybody you believe cannot take care of your interests, whose children are busy studying abroad, who are living abroad, don’t vote for them, I repeat, you don’t need to vote for them, because you don’t vote for people who will take your life.”

Osodeke was responding to question from a popular ENDSARS activist, Rinu Oduala, on what Nigerian students could do amid the lingering ASUU strike.

Speaking further, the union’s President lamented comments by the Ebonyi State Governor and Chairman of South-East Governors’ Forum, David Umahi, that university education was not for everybody.

This was as Umahi stressed that it was unreasonable for the Federal Government, led by President Muhammadu Buhari to borrow over N1trn to meet the demands of ASUU.

Osodeke added that, “Education is about life. A governor was saying education is not for everybody and then we saw his son graduating outside (abroad) with governors around. I will repeat it, the Nigerian students should hold their PVC. Anybody who will not look at their interests, who, in his campaign, will not show that he’s going to improve the Nigerian educational system, they should vote them out.”

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