The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) has announced its readiness to collaborate with the Federal Government towards improving the quality and standard of secondary education in the country.
In a statement by the newly-elected Secretary-General of the association, Ken Chukwudi, yesterday in Osogbo, ASUSS urged governments at all levels to renew its funding of secondary education in Nigeria through improved infrastructure and manpower development.
“ASUSS is ready to work with Federal and state governments towards ensuring that the quality of secondary education in Nigeria meet the global standards.
“Government should renew its funding of secondary education in Nigeria through improved infrastructure and manpower development in the sector,” he said.
Meanwhile, ASUSS has elected its third substantive national administrative council, with Mr Sola Adigun as the National President, and Sule Abasu as the National Deputy President of the 12-man administrative council of the association.
The Secretary-General of the association is Ken Chukwudi, who all emerged through a unanimous decision of the National Delegates Conference of ASUSS held in Abuja.
After the inauguration, Adigun urged secondary schools teachers in the country to exercise their freedom of association by supporting ASUSS for the protection of rights, which were peculiar to the secondary schools sector alone.
He also appealed to members of the union to shun conducts that could divide their ranks.
“This is ASUSS—the hope of the Nigerian teaching profession. We must not import into our union the divisiveness and politics that have weakened our nation.
“It is time for every state chapter to show absolute loyalty and unwavering commitment to the national body.
“A weak national leadership is a reflection of weak grassroots commitment. Our strength must be collective.
During the handing over, the immediate past president of ASUSS, Mr Sam Omaji, expressed delight over the conduct of the delegates, which he described as “an atmosphere devoid of rancour and acrimony”.
Omaji expressed confidence in the new leadership, charging them to remain focused and unwavering in their service to the union, and by extension secondary teachers in Nigeria.
ASUSS President was currently the Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Ekiti.