By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna
Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (PTA), has rejected moves to ask parents to contribute N10.000 to enable ASUU end the six months strike.
In a statement, the National President of the association, Alhaji Haruna Danjuma distanced his association from such a statement that PTA will not contribute N10,000 each to Nigeria students.
According to him, parents teacher association of Nigeria is not aware of this statement and therefore has warned against using its name to cause any problems .
“We are not involved in any statements related to paying money to ASUU for them to call- up the on -going strike.
“Our stand since the inception of the strike is for both ASUU and federal government to come to an agreement and end the strike, but not to contribute money to pay ASUU”, it stated.
The statement further stressed that “Besides that the PTA still insists on negotiation between ASUU and federal government so as to end the on going strike that is affecting the quality system of education in the country .
“Furthermore, there is need for government and ASUU as a matter of urgency come to a conclusion and reach an agreement, because the strike has affected millions of students and university lecturers in many ways”, it stated.
While appealing to federal government to listen to the demands of ASUU, President of PTA also begged federal government to rescue all kidnapped secondary school students across the country that are still in bandit captivity .
In particular, Danjuma decried the current situation of Yawuri kidnapped female students that are still win bandits captivity for over 400 days, hence the need to rescue all students .
Similarly, the national president foundation for the protection of women and children in Nigeria Hajiya Ramatu Tijjani has called on parents across the country to monitor the movement of school students that are on holidays.
She appealed to parents to monitor the TV stations so as save them from watching some foreign films that promote immoralities, while she equally called on parents and guardians to monitor their kids on social media.
