Lecturers below the aegis of the Tutorial Workers Union of Universities, Federal College of Expertise, Akure Chapter, have once more rejected the proposed scholar mortgage scheme initiated by President Bola Tinubu.
The academics described the plan as a technique to deprive public universities of cash.
They argued that if carried out, it could additional oppress poor college students.
The Chairman of ASUU, FUTA, Prof. Pius Mogaji, said this on Friday whereas awarding scholarship to some good and needy college students of the establishment.
Mogaji defined that the proposed scheme would depart college students completely in debt, including that it could exclude public universities from authorities funding.
He mentioned: “For the avoidance of doubt, the NEC (Nationwide Government Council) of ASUU reiterated its rejection of the coed mortgage scheme promoted by worldwide lending establishments such because the IMF and the World Financial institution.
“Nigerians needs to be conscious that this plan is a technique to starve funding to public universities and a ploy to divert public sources to personal universities owned by politically uncovered people and their buddies.
“The NEC additional famous that the scheme will mortgage all the college system and hold our promising college students in perpetual debt.”
Based on him, if the plan fails in some higher managed economies of the world, there isn’t a assure that it’s going to achieve Nigeria the place rampant corruption, nepotism and different unsavory tendencies had been conspiring to destroy the schooling financial institution venture after years of existence. .
Mogaji mentioned ASUU urged that if the state and federal governments actually wished to spend money on the lives of Nigerian college students, bursaries and grants needs to be made out there to college students whereas the needs-based budgeting system needs to be reinstated for better effectivity.
The ASUU chairman mentioned the nationwide management of the union had condemned the huge improve within the variety of colleges, saying cash taken from public coffers needs to be used to fund universities.
Talking on the scholarship award, the ASUU Chairman defined that it was a part of the commemoration of ASUU Heroes Day celebrated on November 12, 2023 in Kaduna State.
He famous that throughout the celebration, two college students from FUTA had been chosen as beneficiaries for the nationwide scholarship award, whereas the FUTA Chapter of ASUU prolonged the gesture to the addition of six college students as a part of Company Social Accountability.
“Therefore, as a part of our group growth service, distributing scholarships to needy however good folks is seen by ASUU as our social accountability to make schooling accessible to all.
“Consequently, the ASUU FUTA Congress at its November assembly prolonged this goodwill to 6 different college students, N50,000 every, to help them in finishing their schooling.
“The duo, Ibikunle Stephen Oluwaseun and Gbenga Dauda Otaomokunola will get N200,000 every whereas the opposite six college students will get N50,000 every.
The six college students are Ajuola Ebenezer Timilehin, Bamigboye Moronfolu Ayobami, Adetunji Timilehin Emmanuel, Ayoola Taiwo; Akinpelu Victoria and Ajakaye Oluwafunmilayo Rita,” he said.
Responding on behalf of different beneficiaries, Otaomokunola appreciated the gesture, saying it could push beneficiaries to be extra critical of their teachers, asking all well-off people and organizations to help college students deemed indigent.
In a associated growth, the nationwide management of the Tutorial Workers Union of Universities mentioned on Thursday that the proposed schooling mortgage scheme will depart college students in everlasting debt.
Based on an announcement on Thursday after the Nationwide Government Council assembly on the Niger Delta College, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, ASUU mentioned it was stunned by the reviews it acquired on the failed guarantees of the Bola Tinubu-led authorities to sort out the lingering sort out issues. This pressured the union to take nationwide strike motion from February to October 2022.
