ASUU strike: Parents threaten to embark on hunger strike

Parents of university students in the country under the aegis of the National Association of Parent Teacher Association, South West chapter have threatened to embark on hunger strike should the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) fail to reconcile their differences soonest.

The Chairman of the association, Chief John Oluribigbe, who spoke with newsmen in Osogbo after the inauguration of new executives of the state chapter of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA), declared that the face off between ASUU and the Federal Government was embarrassing to the nation.

He said: “The over two million parents across the 36 states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will embark on a national hunger strike if this situation continues,” adding that the Federal Government should accede to ASUU’s demands in the interest of the down trodden parents.