United
States has expressed worry over the lingering feud between the Federal
Government and the striking public universities’ lecturers over their
demand for better working conditions.
Speaking in Abuja yesterday, the US
Embassy Cultural Affairs Officer, Bill Strassberger, urged the
government to resolve the crisis with the Academic Staff Union of
Universities.
“We are
not involved in that negotiation but we can encourage. It is a fear, it
is a worry for us because that would make it hard for the students to
come.” Strassberger said.
Advising
Nigerians to shun those who parade themselves as agents, Strassberger
said accurate information regarding studying in the US could be obtained
from the embassy.
Earlier,
the Head, Education USA, Jennifer Onyukwu, said the ASUU’s strike would
affect intending students from Nigeria who wish to study in the US
because of the need to obtain their transcript, revealing that
statistically, Nigeria was US’s largest sender of students from
sub-saharan Africa.
Nigeria currently has about 7,028 students studying at over 700 institutions in the USA.
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