Senator Jarigbe Agom
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar –
The Cross River State Lawmaker re-presenting Cross River Northern Senatorial District, Senator Jarigbe Agom has given out palliative to members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) who are currently on strike.
NATIONAL ACCORD reports that ASUU has been on strike for the past four months and the Federal Government is implementing the no-work-no-pay policy.
Jarigbe, representing the senatorial zone, had over the weekend doled out the sum of N11.5m to 115 lecturers from the zone to cushion the effect of the strike. Each beneficiary got the sum of N100. 000.
Jarigbe said he was moved by the economic situation across the country and to show solidarity with members of the academia who are passing through some hard times as a result of protracted industrial action.
Describing the Jarige’s intervention as timely, Mr Peter Iyali, a lecturer in Mass Communication Department, Univeraity of Calabar, and from Obudu LGA, said: “Sen. Jarigbe has undoubtedly revolutionised National Assembly representation in Cross River State as he is now a manual on how to represent a people.
“Even though, as an APC member, I desire that my party wins the next election against him, but only with someone who would do better or at the minimum, sustain his tempo, in all honesty, it’s difficult to fault his representation.
“I may not have benefited from the largesse, but I understand what his generosity means to the 115 of my colleagues that benefitted. A lot of lecturers depend solely on their meager pay to address the enormity of challenges confronting them. Many have resorted to commercial taxi services just to survive. So, to receive N100, 000 at this time from nowhere means a lot to them.
“I commend the Senator for his rare show of love towards my colleagues and urge him to continue to set the pace for others to follow.”
