Fulani herdsmen, under the aegis of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore in
Nasarawa State have threatened to stop
the supply of beef to markets if the Federal Government fails to end
the protracted strike by the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) within the next two weeks. The
group who gathered at the Miyetti Allah headquarters in Nasarawa
expressed their disappointment over
the poor handling of the issue relating to lecturers' pay, which has
coninued to keep students at home for
months. Speaking with newsmen on behalf of the herdsmen, the national
president of
the Association, Alhaji Abdullahi Bodejo, faulted the attitude of the
government towards education and urged President Goodluck Jonathan to re-
negotiate with the aggrieved Union, in order to find a lasting solution to the
strike in the interest of the students and the country. "If the
federal government refuses to listen to the lecturers, we have no
choice
than to stop the supply of meat to markets and our women from selling milk
(fura da nunu). We have been making efforts to enlighten our people about
education, but the government is not encouraging us at all," Bodejo
said. Badejo also called on the Union to consider the situation and
return to class in
the interests of Nigerian students.
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