ASUU a useless union, should be scrapped – Bashir El-Rufai

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state, son, Bashir El-Rufai, has called for the scrapping of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU).

He referred to the body as in a useless union, in a tweet on Monday, 29th of August, 2022.

Bashir said ASUU should be replaced with educators who care about the welfare of students.

He wrote: “ASUU is a very useless union.

“They should be scrapped & replaced with educators that actually give a damn about students and how that translates to the future of this country.”

This comes after the academic body announced the extension of its strike action which has lasted for over six months.

CorrectNG recalls that ASUU embarked on the strike on 14th of February, 2022 while to pressure the federal government to honour previous agreements.

ASUU has been at loggerheads with the government over its alleged refusal to meet an agreement signed in 2009.

The body is also aggrieved with the government over the mode of paying lecturers.

A major reason they have been at loggerheads is because ASUU is insisting on being paid with its self-created UTAS, whereas the government insists on enrolling the union on the civil service used IPPIS.