Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - ASUU, Please don't go on strike

I honestly do not know why ASUU thinks that anyone in Nigeria (or in the wider world) cares a hoot about ASUU, universities, strike, or IPPIS at this moment of global existential anxiety. I must chalk it up to hubris, navel-gazing, narcissism, and self-absorption, and deficiency in strategic thinking---all traits that we have been warning ASUU against for more than a decade. They called us names and continued on their path of self-immolation. Now, all of these habits have crystallized in this single strike announcement, putting the folly and arrogant selfishness of the union on display for the whole country to see.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 5:24 AM Jibrin Ibrahim <jibrinibrahim891@gmail.com> wrote:

ASUU lives in another world, which they think revolves around their pecuniary interests. SAD

Professor Jibrin Ibrahim

Senior Fellow

Centre for Democracy and Development, Abuja

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On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 at 18:24, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

I could not reach Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, Chairman of ASUU, before I wrote this. I will keep calling.

I have been pleading for two days for ASUU not to continue with its indefinite strike because of global circumstances around the Coronavirus and our collective citizenship. What is paramount should be how to be part of resolving a moment of depression and uncertainties among billions of people.

Oil revenues have also crashed. There is a global economic meltdown and all of us will pay a heavy price. Those of us planning to retire can no longer do so, thus blocking the way for others to enter the academy and moves it forward.

I have spoken with some ASUU folks, and hopefully, they will come together and realize that this is bad timing.

They should call off the strike and begin to put in place distance learning instruments to keep the students busy.

TF

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