Why Jos Archbishop lost sympathy for ASUU.

Why Jos Archbishop lost sympathy for ASUU.

Catholic Archbishop of Jos, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama rued the prolonged strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), saying he had lost sympathy for the lecturers.

Archbishop Kaigama, who spoke at the 80th Anniversary of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Jos, Plateau State, on October 6, 2013, Sunday, said that members of ASUU had lost focus on the cause for their battle.

The cleric said that ASUU, by allowing the strike to linger and allowing students to stay at home for four months running, had exhibited utter insensitivity to the plight of Nigerian students and their future.

He said he regretted that the association had failed to yield to pleas from all quarters, including the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, stressing that ASUU had shown that it was fighting for other causes other than the future of education in the country.

It would be mentioned that the cleric

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