ASUU Strike: 2 million parents threaten hunger strike

Parents of university students under the umbrella of the National Association of Parents Teachers Association (NAPTA), South West chapter, on Thursday according to Nigerian Tribune threatened to embark on a hunger strike if the federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) failed to resolve their differences over the current crisis.

The chairman of NAPTA, Pastor Julius Olaribigbe in Osogbo after the inauguration of new executives of the state chapter of the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) addressed newsmen, saying: “over 2 million parents across the 36 states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will embark on a national hunger strike if this situation should continue.”

“When two elephants fight, the grasses will definitely suffer. This time round, it is the parents that are suffering. We are left with no other option than to appeal to the two parties to see reasons why the strike should end. But if the strike persists, we shall embark on hunger strike.”


He urged FG to accede to ASUU demands in the interest of the down trodden parents and implored President Goodluck Jonathan to constitute a special committee to dialogue with ASUU with a view to ending the ongoing imbroglio between the two parties.

He also called on well meaning Nigerians including traditional rulers and religious leaders to intervene in the current federal government and ASUU face off in the overall interest of the nation.