Former Big Brother Naija lockdown housemate Olamilekan Massoud Al-Khalifah Agbeleshebioba popularly known as Laycon, has slammed the Nigerian government over the prolonged strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The Reality TV star, singer, and songwriter was condemning the fact that the government and politicians in the country were concentrating on the next general elections despite the closure of Universities, The Trumpet gathered.
The singer, who won the ‘BBNaija lockdown’ season five in 2020 made this known via his Twitter page on Monday, April 25, 2022, while reacting to the strike led by the Academic Staff Union of Universities that has left Nigerian students at home for months. “I’m scared ooo, I’m really scared.
What kind of government is this !!! Universities are closed, they have been closed for months and this mandem are focused on elections alone,” he tweeted.
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ASUU declared a month warning strike back in Feb.14 to press home their demands from the Federal Government.
At the end of the warning strike in March, the academic staff union extended the strike by another eight weeks. The Joint Action Committee (JAC) has also extended the ongoing strike by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) by one month in protest against non implementation of their demands.
