Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has asked Nigerians not to vote for politicians who have their children studying in institutions outside the country.
This was made known by the ASUU president while speaking on a Twitter Space Webinar, organized by Premium Times and tagged, ‘ASUU strike, Revitalisation Fund and the Way Forward.’
Speaking on some of the way forwards on the lingering strike, he said students should not vote for politicians who would not represent their interests.
Osodeke said, “Anybody you believe cannot take care of your interests, whose children are busy studying abroad, who are living abroad, don’t vote for them, I repeat, you don’t need to vote for them because you don’t vote for people who will take your life.”
Osodeke was responding to a question from a popular #ENDSARS activist, Rinu Oduala, on what Nigerian students could do amid the lingering ASUU strike.
Speaking further on Twitter, Osodeke said, “Education is about life. A governor was saying education is not for everybody and then we saw his son graduating outside (abroad) with governors around. I will repeat it, the Nigerian students should hold their PVC. Anybody who will not look at their interests, who, in his campaign, will not show that he’s going to improve the Nigerian educational system, they should vote them out.”
