Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - ASUU Declares Total And Indefinite Strike After F…

this concern over the insecurity that has plagued the nation is to be appreciated by all and if there is a world where the society or government can only deal with one at a time, I'll choose that insecurity be handled as the utmost priority and ASUU strike after.

but in this case, while they are both fruits, apples and oranges are better conceived of belonging in their different climes.

the nature of the problem that constitutes the ASUU strikes and the insecurity in the country, especially most acute, in the NE & NW, are separate, and resolving them are not and can not fairly be made to be dependent on each other. to insist otherwise feels like a false dilemma kind of argument.

we all want an end to the insecurity in the country and no sane parent will send their wards into places where they will be kidnapped or killed. but to shut down all schools everywhere until the government can end the insecurity (however long) and as a substitute to patriotically dealing with the eternal ASUU strikes hands the terrorists and criminals an overwhelming ideological and strategic victory. this is unthinkable for me as a solution to anything we are talking about here. it seems unnecessarily absolutist a proposition.

if it is only one Hi Ed institution in a secure zone in the country that can open, it should have its doors flung wide open with no further threat of an indefinite ASUU strike over it. 

Of course, ever more pressure should be put on the government to secure the lives and properties of citizens of the country and establish peace so that especially worse affected communities can live useful meaningful lives. 

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I think ASUU strike action should be total and comprehensive until Buhari government has found a permanent solution to insecurity that guarantees safety of lives of our students, academic and non academic staff in all public universities in the country.
If all institutions in Abuja, Niger State, Nasarawa State and all the states in the Northwest have been closed down indefinitely because of the raids of the  insurgents who are against western education: what is the moral logic for anyone to encourage ASUU to end their mouse and cat negotiations? Does the public have any magic wand to secure the safety of students and workers in the public universities?
Does anyone have a better way to guarantee students who will be traveling by road to their various institutions?
I am sure no parents want their children to be kidnapped or raped or killed while going back to school.
If students take the risk of going back to school and they are kidnapped, where will their parents get money to pay ransoms with attendant flogging?
It is time to apply moral and logical reasoning to any choice and demand we are making to get our students back to school.
Let ASUU and Buhari government put their negotiations on hold for now. 
Ogungbemi.

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