SAN FRANCISCO, December 09, (THEWILL) – Popular Nigerian singer, Simisola Kosoko, popularly called Simi has berated the federal government concerning the prolonged strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The ‘Duduke’ crooner and mother of one frowned at the poor handling of the prolonged strike as an indication of official neglect of Nigeria’s educational sector, stressing that it is always disadvantageous to the average Nigerian youth.
She accused the political leaders in the country of truncating the hopes of the youths, leaving the youngsters to spend half of their lives trying to survive because of not too many opportunities in the country.
She said: “Higher institutions are on strike for months almost, if not every, year. The odds are always stacked against the average Nigerian. You spend the first half of your life just trying to survive: To eatl; To catch up. When you finally decide to settle, you don’t have enough to do even that.
“Taking away the hopes and dreams of the youth. Destroying their futures so they’re ready to settle for crumbs. Just so they can live to see the next day and fight for more crumbs. Because they’re not your children, their futures don’t matter? Shame on you!!
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“If the leaders in our own country can’t have compassion for their people, then what can we really do? They get into power and abuse it, abuse the people they should be serving. The rest of the world is laughing at the so-called giant of Africa. Shame on all of you!!”
