By Ifreke Inyang The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the federal government should have used the recovered $23m...
By Ifreke Inyang
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the
federal government should have used the recovered $23million Abacha loot to
meet its demands.
ASUU president, Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this on Tuesday
during an interview on Channels Television.
Last Tuesday, the federal government and the US reached an
agreement to repatriate a new batch of funds looted by the former Nigerian Head
of State, Sani Abacha.
The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami,
claimed the recovered loot will be used for the completion of the Abuja-Kano
road, Lagos-Ibadan expressway and the Second Niger Bridge.
But Osodeke said: “Let’s use a typical man as an example,
you have a house and your child is seriously sick and you were paid money that
you were not expecting. Where will you put the money?
“That child should be the first thing you will treat. Is it
not? Before you will start thinking about how you are going to buy clothes.
“Your universities are shut for six months. You now have
access to a fund you were not expecting, If you really love education, where
should you put the money? In that particular place. They said they don’t have
money. We need to love this country.”
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