{"id":1667,"date":"2022-06-20T22:20:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T22:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/fg-blames-asuu-over-continued-strike-punch-newspapers\/"},"modified":"2022-06-20T22:20:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T22:20:56","slug":"fg-blames-asuu-over-continued-strike-punch-newspapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citywatch.ng\/?p=1667","title":{"rendered":"FG blames ASUU over continued strike &#8211; Punch Newspapers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Breaking News<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/stingy-comment-mbaka-remains-my-priest-says-peter-obi\/?utm_source=news-flash&amp;utm_medium=web\">&#8216;Stingy&#8217; comment: Mbaka remains my priest, says Peter Obi<\/a><br \/>Kindly share this story:<br \/>Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba<br \/><strong>Friday Olokor, Abuja<\/strong> <br \/>The face-off between the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities has continued to deepen with the government insisting that Nigeria is the only country where lecturers walk away after shutting down Universities. <br \/>The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, said these in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Monday. <br \/>He said, \u201cThe reason we want ASUU back in school is that there is a purpose for which we built these Universities. In other places in the world, you can\u2019t shut down the University system and just walk away.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 1em\">  <\/div>\n<p><strong><a class=\"\" title=\"Soldiers detained for flogging lady over \u2018indecent\u2019 dressing, shaving youths\" href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/soldiers-detained-for-flogging-lady-over-indecent-dressing-shaving-youths\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">READ ALSO:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Soldiers detained for flogging lady over \u2018indecent\u2019 dressing, shaving youths<\/span><\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/fg-world-bank-afd-to-spend-575m-on-rural-roads\/?utm_source=auto-read-also&amp;utm_medium=web\"> FG, World Bank, AFD to spend $575m on rural roads <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/fgs-spending-on-pension-gratuity-falls-to-n356bn\/?utm_source=auto-read-also&amp;utm_medium=web\"> FG\u2019s spending on pension, gratuity falls to N356bn <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/court-stops-fg-from-taking-further-actions-on-e-customs-project\/?utm_source=auto-read-also&amp;utm_medium=web\"> Court stops FG from taking further actions on e-Customs project <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is only in Nigeria they do it and that is why, repeatedly over the years, it had become a crack; people just take joy in destroying the lives of these young men, so that they will be on the streets, so that they will do protest. <br \/>\u201cThis has nothing to do with the government. The monies government is going to pay these lecturers are monies gotten from other incomes; the monies are Nigerian people\u2019s money and we hand it over to lecturers for a job they brought them to do for Nigerians and they don\u2019t want to do it, they just collect their money and walk away.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container  margin-top margin-bottom\"> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"text-align:center\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7167863529667065\" data-ad-slot=\"7613074554\"><\/ins>  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});   <\/p>\n<div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The minister advised lecturers not willing to continue teaching to leave the system for those who are interested. <br \/>\u00a0<strong>Copyright PUNCH.<\/strong><strong><br \/> <\/strong>All rights reserved. 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