Due to the ongoing strike by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities,
SSANU at the staff school of the Federal Universities of Technology,
Akure, Ondo, parents have begun withdrawing their children from the
institution, Punch reports.
The union
embarked on
an indefinite strike on the 24th of December to protest the decision of
federal government to remove the names of the Universities Staff School
workers from its pay roll.
One of the parents,
Mrs. Faduke, admitted that she is withdrawing her children as there is
now the danger of them being left behind.
She said, “I
had to withdraw my children because their mates in other schools were
moving on with their studies while my children were at home. The staff
school used to be one of the best in the town but with what is going on
there now, I don’t think it is good to leave my children there.”
Another parent, a lecturer in the university said withdrawing his children is the safer choice.
The lecturer said, “One
should not joke with the life of one’s children. I do not think the
solution to the problem of the school will end quickly. Therefore, it is
safer to enrol one’s child in another school as soon as possible.”
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