ASUU Strike: Peter Obi Aims Subtle Dig At Gbajabiamila

ASUU Strike

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 election, on Thursday subtly criticised Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, for enrolling in a leadership course at Harvard University, an Ivy League school in the United States (US).

Gbajabiamila was castigated on social media after announcing he will be studying at Harvard University whilst public universities in Nigeria have been on strike, embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) since February 2022.

For Obi, “such misplaced priorities and government misuse of public funds is [sic] no longer acceptable”.
“Our public universities have been shut since 14 February, some five months and counting.

“Our students and future leaders, are idling away at homes or in some undesirable places, while our government is spending millions in foreign currency, supposedly training public office holders in Ivy League universities across the world.

“Such misplaced priorities and government misuse of public funds is no longer acceptable, while the future of our youths are being neglected,” the former Anambra State governor wrote on his verified Twitter handle.

“Through such policy neglect, we are unwittingly breeding some societal misfits who will someday embark on vendettas and take revenge on our society.

“As a matter as adaptive leadership, such trainings being sponsored with public funds should stop forthwith, until all our schools start functioning optimally.

“Meanwhile, such trainings if need be, must be mandated to happen only within Nigeria.”