Via Tosfm solution Arena ASUP strike: Arewa youths ask Education Minister to resign. Angered by the prolonged strike by academic staff of polytechnics in the country, Arewa youths on Tuesday called on Education Minister, Prof Ruquayattu Rufa’i, to resign with immediate effect. The youths, under the aegis of Arewa Youths Forum, AYF, issuedthe warning while reacting to the worsening crisis in polytechnics across the country. National President of AYF, Alhaji Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu, told newsmen that it was unbecoming of the education minister to continue to behave asthough nothing was happening, many months after academic activities had been brought to a stand still. Gujungu noted that the action of the minister was not only a set back to the north but also Nigeria and should, therefore,be made to give way in the interest of the nation. “As the umbrella organizationof all youths in the north, we are not only angry but also surprisedwith what is going in the educational system in the country and the polytechnics in particular,” AYF lamented. “This is because after many months of strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, the Federal Government and in particular, theMinister of Education is carrying on as if nothing is wrong with the sector. “On behalf of youths of northern extraction we are calling on the Minister of Education to immediately call the polytechnic lecturers to the negotiating table or resign. “We believe this has become necessary in view of the fact that our contemporaries in the polytechnics have been athome for so long and the minister under whose jurisdiction the polytechnics fall into has failed tobring thestrike action under control
Posted on: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 07:07:39 +0000