Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has appealed to the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end the ongoing strike in the interest of students and the country.
Abiodun made the appeal while inaugurating the boards of the state-owned tertiary institutions in Abeokuta yesterday.
Describing education as the biggest industry in Ogun State, the governor it was necessary for the government and the union to find a meeting point as quickly as possible.
He said: “We can all feel the effects of these unresolved crises not only on our university system. It has affected other sectors of our economy. These youths are out of school. And, we all know that an idle hand is an available workshop for the devil.
“This is no more a matter of who is right or wrong. It is a matter of what is good for our youths and our nation. I, therefore, appeal to both sides to find a meeting point and resolve the crises for the good of our youths and our nation in general.”
Abiodun explained that, with the inauguration of the boards of the tertiary institutions, his administration was celebrating the legacy of education bequeathed to the state by its early torchbearers.
“We are worthy inheritors of an entrenched legacy in education. And, to our people, education remains the biggest industry,” he said.
The boards inaugurated are those of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye; Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ijebu- Ode; Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ojere, Abeokuta; Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa; Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade; D.S. Adegbenro Polytechnic, Itori; Ogun State College of Technology, Ilese, Ijebu; and Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic, Ijebu-Igbo.
