The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said
that a large number of its members are leaving the country to pursue their
careers abroad following the prolonged industrial action.
The national president of the union, Professor Emmanuel
Osodeke disclosed this on Thursday while fielding questions from journalists at
the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
He lamented that the Federal Government decided to seize
salaries of the striking lecturers because they embarked on strike, saying such
does not happen anywhere in the world.
He said, “We don’t have a certain statistic but a large
number of our members have moved out of the country not because they hate this
country but because of the way they are being treated.
“There’s no country in the world where their academics will
go on strike and you think the best weapon is to seize their salary”.
Recall that ASUU on February 14 shut down public universities over the inability of the Federal Government to implement previous agreements the both parties entered into.
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