Deltans took a swipe at the Secretary to the State Government amid the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities
Some Delta residents have lambasted the Secretary to the Delta State government (SSG), Patrick Ukah, after graduation pictures of his daughter, Chukwufumnaya Ukah, surfaced on social media.
Chukwufumnaya graduated from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
In the pictures, the SSG's daughter was in her graduation gown and flanked by her father, mother and sister.
SaharaReporters observed that some angry Deltans took a swipe at the Secretary to the State Government amid the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which will enter its sixth month in a week’s time.
It was also observed that immediately the graduation pictures of Ukah's daughter surfaced on Facebook, Deltans began to castigate the SSG, saying government officials killed the education sector in Nigeria and then take their children overseas to acquire foreign education, leaving poor children to suffer.
Reacting to the pictures, a Deltan who seemed angry, Fredo Orobome Oniuko, stated on Facebook, "God punish all of them. These their children will be a reproach to them tomorrow. Since they want other people children to suffer."
Also reacting, Elvis E. Obaro-Akporo, noted that "the new symbol of the Nigerian politician is to advertise their children who studied abroad. That's nice and the best. That is their marketing and advertising strategies to push them into the political and business arenas. But, supposed the foreign universities are not well administered, would they have sent their children to study there? Next advert."
Precious Michael Ogheneovo observed that politicians are "always having their children schooling abroad, reason they don't care about our universities here. If those they take their children to abroad, ain't well built and maintain by the government of those countries, will they take their children there? ASUU over many months yet none is showing concern because their kids school abroad, schools here are for the poor, same poor they are waiting to vote for them."
Also in his reaction, Frank White said, "While ASUU is on strike, you stop the common man’s children from accessing education and your own children school abroad. Remember that we are all human beings and remember one day you will stop breathing and you are not taking anything out of this world."
Similarly, Ogheneovo Igho Godwin, also noted on Facebook, "And they don’t care if other peoples children go to school. They are rising monsters that will hunt them tomorrow.", and Doble Ewhese, said, "Na wa o! All the graduates these days are from the other side. What happened to Nigeria school?"
Ugude Clinton warned Deltans against campaigning for politicians, saying "You are a mumu man if we catch you again campaign for this same stupid governments that kept our students at home yet theirs are graduating everyday abroad, we go teargas you, you must fall down, faint and you must pass out, we must draw the teargas and something bad must reach you."
On Monday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said it has extended its ongoing industrial action by another four weeks to afford the government more time to address all of its demands.