Strike: Nigerians Reacts As El-Rufai’s Son Describes ASUU As ‘Useless Union’

Nigerians Reacts As El-Rufai’s Son Describes ASUU As ‘Useless Union’

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Bashir, one of the sons of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has set tongues wagging when he described the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as a “useless union”.

 

ASUU had extended its six-month-old strike indefinitely on Monday, saying it would not back down until the Federal Government meets its demands.

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Responding in a tweet, the governor’s son said the union should be scrapped and replaced with educators who care about students.

 

“ASUU is a very useless union. They should be scrapped and replaced with educators that actually give a damn about students and how that translates to the future of this country,” he tweeted.

 

Reacting, social media users condemned his post, calling him all sorts of names. See below:

 

@alex_obella: “Bashir can afford to make that expression, since he hadn’t problems enjoying tax payers money through his life cycle.”

 

@revelationnahua: “He should be mindful of what he say…being the Kaduna governor’s son doesn’t grant you monopoly on ASUU and other citizens. if you hate speech you appear in court.”

 

@falowoGregory: “Indeed we have made for ourselves gods in tin-foil hats; we gave them scepters of thorns to bludgeon our senses with. How does one begin to explain why a comment from a runt become an issue of national discourse.”

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@cosmopolitan40: “Mugu Bashir, I don’t blame you. What do you have to say? Nothing of importance because, you schooled over seas in one of the best University with Public funds. Malam…”

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