A METHODIST Church bishop and Abia governorship candidate on the platform of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dr. Sunday Onuoha, yesterday, said the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) problem with Federal Government couldn’t be effectively resolved through the court.
He, therefore, recommended that a more effective dialogue be used, which will make university teachers to happily return to classes.
An Industrial Court had ordered striking lecturers to return to work, a verdict ASUU unsuccessfully appealed at a higher court.
Bishop Onuoha, who spoke during interaction with members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Abia State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), also spoke on other national issues.
He challenged journalists and the media to continue holding government accountable to the people, accusing them of not interrogating happenings in the polity enough. He stressed that if the media compromises, the society will collapse.
One of the specific investigations he assigned journalists is the allegation that Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are being released to only duly registered voters that are certified to be members or supporters of some undisclosed political parties. He, therefore, charged those, who are being denied their PVCs to cry out to the appropriate quarters.
He commended Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for promising the country a fair and transparent conduct of 2023 general elections, but charged it to out-smart politicians, who are planning to rig the election, adding that he has confidence in the electoral body.
The ADC governorship candidate, whose running mate, Mrs. Glory Nwasimuo, was in attendance, also pointed out that without security, there would be no transparent election, neither would the economy grow with analog technology when the whole world is going digital.
He stressed that though a lot of diaspora Nigerians’ funds are lying abroad and awaiting investment at home, they cannot be domesticated under the prevalence of analog technology.
