Yahaya Bello slams COVID-19 again, says ASUU could be settled with money used for sanitisers, nose-masks
Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has said the representatives of the Nigerian government – minister of education, Adamu Adamu, and that of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, are not representing President Muhammadu Buhari well in the negotiations with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), but are rather embarrassing the president.
Speaking in an interview on Channels Television on Friday, Bello said the ministers are being insensitive with their utterances.
He, however, advised President Buhari to ensure that the prolonged strike is addressed.
He said: “I don’t think they are representing Mr President well. This is a man that cares so much about education, and even children during that lockdown were being fed at home.
“Those who Mr President entrusted to handle this protracted issue are not doing justice to it.”
Speaking further, Bello said the money spent on the COVID-19 response could have been used to resolve the lingering ASUU strike.
The governor stated that the funds spent on nose masks and hand sanitisers over COVID in the country could have been used to settle the striking lecturers.
The governor is known for his disbelieve in the COVID-19 pandemic and has had disagreements with the country’s ministry of health and its agencies over the pandemic’s existence in his state. He believed authorities in Nigeria have been using the disease as an excuse to corner huge amounts of money to private pockets.
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