ASUU Strike: Nigerian students deserve better – Macaroni begs FG

<p>Comedian, Mr Macaroni has joined many Nigerians to plead with the federal government to come to terms with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to end the nationwide strike.</p>, <p>On Monday, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke declared a nationwide strike following the Federal Government’s inability to implement demands that cut across funding and other welfare packages for lecturers.</p>, <p>The ASUU National President had warned that the strike would be “comprehensive and total.”</p>, <p>But Nigerian students took to government’s alleged nonchalance towards education in public universities.</p>, <p>Macaroni, while reacting to the development on his Twitter handle begged the federal government to meet the demands of ASUU.</p>, <p>He said Nigerian students deserve better than strikes disrupting their academic year.</p>, <p>His tweet read: “I plead with ASUU and the Nigerian Government to come to terms that will see to it that students return to school as soon as possible. Abeg!</p>, <p>“Nigerian Students also deserve better.”</p>, <p>Meanwhile, the National Association of Nigerian Students NANS had the decision of their teachers to embark on strike, stressing that students have been traumatized for too long.</p>, <p>Asefon Sunday had in a statement condemned the manner the parties in dispute handled the negotiation, urging them to return to the negotiation table.</p>