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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has slammed the reasons given by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to embark on strike in the state-owned University.<\/p>\n

Lalong, who spoke in Jos on Saturday, said ASUU\u2019s reasons for the strike was trivial and an attempt to ridicule his administration, describing it as incorrect, ridiculous and uncharitable.<\/p>\n

Recall that the Chairman of ASUU in the institution, Dr Bentse Pamson, while declaring the indefinite strike last month, had accused the government of its nonchalant attitude and abandoning the state\u2019s University without any capital project apart from the ones being undertaken through TETFUND.<\/p>\n

According to Lalong, \u201cWhen I came into office as Governor, the Plateau State University, Bokkos was virtually shut down and in comatose.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of my passion for education and the fact that I was instrumental in passing the bill that established it while I was Speaker, we moved quickly to remove all barriers to ensure that the school reopens.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the state government continues to approve funds for infrastructural development of the University, including remodelling of the multi-purpose hall to serve as Law Auditorium as well as the construction of Teaching Hospital for the new faculty of health sciences in Shendam, we\u2019ve successfully lobbied for various gigantic projects being executed by TETFUND.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why I was taken aback when the Academic Staff Union of PLASU claimed that they were going on strike because the State Government doesn\u2019t have any project in the school. This\u2019s rather most unfortunate and to say the least incorrect, ridiculous and uncharitable.\u201d<\/p>\n

LaLong said he had since set up a 7-man committee to appeal to ASUU to call off their strike to allow students to return to school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has slammed the reasons given by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to embark on strike in the state-owned University. Lalong, who spoke in Jos on Saturday, said ASUU\u2019s reasons for the strike was trivial and an attempt to ridicule his administration, describing it as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":36650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,738,672,254,2930,1615],"class_list":["post-36651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-asuu","tag-lalong","tag-nigeria","tag-plateau-university","tag-strike"],"yoast_head":"\nGov Lalong slams ASUU over Plateau University strike - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has slammed the reasons given by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-lalong-slams-asuu-over-plateau-university-strike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gov Lalong slams ASUU over Plateau University strike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has slammed the reasons given by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-lalong-slams-asuu-over-plateau-university-strike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-07T12:56:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/img-601fdef4aa183.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1020\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-lalong-slams-asuu-over-plateau-university-strike#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-lalong-slams-asuu-over-plateau-university-strike\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gov Lalong slams ASUU over Plateau University strike\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-07T12:56:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-lalong-slams-asuu-over-plateau-university-strike\"},\"wordCount\":299,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-lalong-slams-asuu-over-plateau-university-strike#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/img-601fdef4aa183.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"ASUU\",\"Lalong\",\"Nigeria\",\"Plateau University\",\"strike\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-lalong-slams-asuu-over-plateau-university-strike#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-lalong-slams-asuu-over-plateau-university-strike\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-lalong-slams-asuu-over-plateau-university-strike\",\"name\":\"Gov Lalong slams ASUU over Plateau University strike - 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