FG Can’t Borrow Money To End ASUU Strike – Festus Keyamo

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, on Friday stated that it was not possible for the Federal Government to borrow money to end the months-long strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

He made the comment during an interview.

He asked, “Should we go and borrow to pay N1.2 trillion yearly?

“You 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.”

The Minister further encouraged parents nationwide to beg ASUU.

“Like the President said the other time, those who know them, appeal to their sense of patriotism,” he said.

“Let 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.”