The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, on Friday 5 August said it was unrealistic for the Federal Government to borrow money to end the months-long strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Minister made the comment while speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today, the Minister urged parents across the country to beg ASUU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his words, \u201cShould we go and borrow to pay N1.2 trillion yearly?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou cannot allow one sector of the economy to hold you by the jugular and then blackmail you to go and borrow N1.2 trillion for overheads when our total income would be about N6.1 trillion. And you have roads to build, health centres to build, other sectors to take care of.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLike the President said the other time, those who know them, appeal to their sense of patriotism.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLet them go back to classes. They are not the only one in Nigeria. They are not the only ones feeding from the federal purse. The nation cannot grind to a halt because we want to take care of the demands of ASUU.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Vanguard<\/p>\n\n\n\n #EduSAVINGS #EduLOANS #EduSURE #INTERNSHIP #SCHOLARSHIP #EduHEALTHMAINTAINANCE #ENTERPRENUERSHIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, on Friday 5 August said it was unrealistic for the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n