Strike:Sheikh Abdulwahab Urges Federal Government To Open Universities

A prominent Islamic Cleric in Kano Sheikh Abdallah Abdulwahab has called on the Federal Government to open Nigerian Universities and fulfill the promises made to the Academic staff union of Universities.

Sheikh Abdulwahab Abdallah made the statement while addressing Newsmen during a Townhall meeting organized by the Academic Staff Union of Universities Kano Zone in order to press home their demands on the revitalization of public universities.

ASUU lament non-payment of 5 months’ salary at UNM

The cleric also asked the academic staff union of universities to shift ground on the issue and if possible reach fifty-fifty agreement.

The town hall meeting draws all stakeholders including elder statesmen and, Head of private organizations and the media to intimate them on governments lack of seriousness to the education sector.

Sheikh Abdulwahab said Nigerian elites that are sending their children abroad should look critically at the consequences of their action as such is retarding the growth of Nigeria’s educational sector.

The re-known cleric added that if their children went abroad and came back they are going to live with their fellow Nigerians, not angels.

According to him whoever abandons his duty as a leader will account for it on the day of judgment

The Islamic scholar added that its better for one not to live in this world than to live in total ignorance which he says is not doing society any good.

He urges the Federal government under President Muhammad Buhari to fear Almighty Allah as there are professor that spent six months without salary.

Professor Mahmud Lawal

The cleric added that the ASUU strike has increased the rate of crime including armed robbery across the federation.

In a remark, the coordinator Academic staff union of universities Kano Zone Professor Mahmud Lawal told Newsmen that the town hall meeting to raise awareness on the impact of underfunding university education in Nigeria is taking place across the twelve zones of the union in Nigeria