{"id":8403,"date":"2013-08-15T15:44:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T15:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/low-turnout-mars-asuus-town-hall-meeting\/"},"modified":"2013-08-15T15:44:51","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T15:44:51","slug":"low-turnout-mars-asuus-town-hall-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/low-turnout-mars-asuus-town-hall-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Low turnout mars ASUU\u2019s town hall meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There was a low turn-out at the town hall meeting called by ASUU on Thursday at the Mapo Hall in Ibadan.<\/p>\n

Only a few residents,\u00a0 members\u00a0 of ASUU, activists and\u00a0 journalists were at the\u00a0 forum which was called to senstise people on the on-going strike.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the forum, Dr Ademola Aremu, the National Treasurer of the union, said\u00a0 the\u00a0 education sector remains critical\u00a0 to the\u00a0 nation\u2019s development.<\/p>\n

\u201c I want the Federal Government to move fast to end the 42-day-old\u00a0 ASUU strike so that the students can return to their studies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The unionist\u00a0 said\u00a0 ASUU members were at\u00a0 Mapo Hall\u00a0 to drum up support from the public on the condition of the\u00a0 education sector.<\/p>\n

Also speaking, Dr Olusegun Ajiboye, ASUU Chairman, University of\u00a0 Ibadan branch, called on\u00a0 Nigerians to support the campaign for better funding of\u00a0 universities.<\/p>\n

\u201cEducation is the bedrock of the nation\u2019s development through capacity training,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He called on\u00a0 government to sustain the dialogue with ASUU with a view to ending the strike. (NAN)<\/p>\n

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