The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Dr. Nasiru Isa Fage has decried continuous harassment of a senior member of the Union in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Professor Haruna Abdu Kaita by personnels of the State Security Service.
Dr. Fage, in a statement signed for the Union’s Media Committee by Waziri Isa Gwantu, said “the Union has received complaint from one of our members, Professor Haruna kaita of the department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, on several failed attempts by the SSS to arrest and intimidate him over a lecture he delivered as an academic in the University recently.
The ASUU President wondered why should the SSS in this advanced and civilized age would be applying crude and uncivilized method of seeking explanations or interrogating people for voicing out their opinion on academic and national issues.
Dr. Fage who cautioned the SSS to respect people’s right to comment freely on issues of national interest as done in other parts of the world without intimidation, advised the SSS to respect the freedom of speech accorded to every Nigerian provided that the speech does not pose any iota of threat to national security and corporate existence of the country as a sovereign entity.
The ASUU strongman who noted that, “Our members are the most patriotic Nigerians whose entire efforts and activities are geared towards making our country a better society, opined that no group of Nigerians symbolizes the Unity of this country and demonstrate their love to her than members of our Union”.
He therefore called on the SSS to leave our members alone because whatever opinion they voiced out on national issues is done out of patriotism and passion for the country. “And we would not fold our hands to watch anybody molest or intimidate our members in any part of the country or in any University. ASUU is prepared to take any step to defend the right of its members in their efforts to discharge their academic and social responsibility role in the country. Dr. Fage warned.
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