THE Alumni Association of Kano University of Technology (AAKUT) rose from its maiden AnnualGeneral Meeting (AGM), yesterday in Kano, and condemned the incessant industrial action by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), saying its negative impact on the nation’s education sector is grossly regrettable.
Secretary of the Association, Alhaji Fahad Ibrahim Danladi, who spoke to newsmen at the Murtala Mohammed Library Complex, urged the leadership of ASUU to device other means of agitation, rather than mutilating academic calendar, a situation which he said contribute immensely to the continuous decline in the nation’s educational standard.
Danladi noted thatindustrial action has never been a point for bargain in the developed world, adding that the academics should be more creative in fighting fortheir cause in this modern era.
“Resort to industrial action as a means of arm twisting the federal Government overtime has not in any way yielded any positive result more especially now that downing of tools has become a bandwagon in resolving industrial distribute in Nigeria,” Danladi stated.
He added that, “We are talking of community of egg heads in Nigeria, I personally believe that their approach should be different from the current practice, which in my opinion, would refocus the strategy in industrial dispute.
“Personally, I don’t subscribe to this whole concept of strike action that has been made notorious, it has not work out anything and I don’t think it’s a panacea to the lingering problem education in Nigeria.”
According to him, Nigerian Students and their Parents are tied and done with the several ASUU strikes maintaining that rather than addressing the problems it has continue to plunge the country educational sector to state of abyss contrary to the principles of development and sound educational system.
“I’m saying with all modesty that the industrial actions of the ASUU has been detrimental to the nation educational sector and has not yielded any positive thing to show as such they should change tactics and adopt new measures that are going to help the education and give a positive direction to as how best things will be improved,”he stated.