ASUU Strike - Herdsmen Threaten to Stop Beef Supply

The current Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike has been a thing of worry in the

last 4 months. It was good to read about the Fulani herdsmen threatening to go on strike. I do believe that every solidarity effort towards ending the strike is a welcome development. The strike is really unfair to Nigerian students as they are the most vulnerable. 

"Fulani herdsmen under the umbrella of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore in Nasarawa State have threatened to stop the sales of beef in markets if
the Federal Government fails to end the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) within two weeks. The herdsmen who gathered at the Miyetti Allah headquarters in Nasarawa expressed their unhappiness over the handling of the issue relating to lecturers' pay which has resulted in the unnecessary and endless stay-at-home of Nigerian students.

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 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. He also called on the union to consider the situation and return to class in the interests of Nigerian students" Culled from Leadership via All Africa