The Educational Employees Union of Universities has accused the Nigerian authorities of depriving academics and college students.
Talking on Friday at a press convention organized on the College of Lagos by the Lagos Zone of the union, the Zone Coordinator, Prof. Adelaja Odukoya, defined that it was crucial to maintain Nigerians knowledgeable of the occasions that have been going down after the final nationwide strike was suspended. on October 14, 2022, ASUU's interactions with the present administration and the attainable penalties of the dearth of notable actions by the authorities.
ASUU had over time lamented the federal government's refusal to honor its agreements with academics.
Odukoya stated the federal government has proven continued insensitivity to agreements and the welfare of patriotic lecturers in Nigeria's public universities.
“Authorities has been persistent in inflicting distress on academics and college students in Nigeria regardless of their honest efforts to raise our public universities to a world customary. ASUU is unfazed in its patriotic efforts.
“To reposition the Nigerian college system, we name on different patriots within the media, the labor motion, scholar organizations and civil society organizations to hitch ASUU in rejecting the federal government’s master-slave perspective on the labor entrance,” he stated.
Odukoya careworn that the Bola Tinubu administration, regardless of its pre-assumption guarantees, had didn’t dwell as much as expectations on the problems on the coronary heart of the union's current strike motion, the final of which lasted from February to October 2022 befell.
A number of the points he highlighted have been the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Settlement, withholding of salaries, unpaid scholar allowance arrears, elimination from the Built-in Personnel and Wage Data System, public universities and the treasury single account, and the proliferation of universities.
Talking on TETFUND and international partnerships, Odukoya stated: “As if the abuse and violation of TETFUND by the federal government aren’t sufficient, our union has additional taken word of media stories, which haven’t been refuted, about TETFUND's intention to invade King's School, London , to assist set up a medical faculty in Nigeria within the identify of the partnership.
“We urge the Fund management to supply additional updates on this proposed plan of action and allay fears that it’s contemplating funds supposed for the event of Nigerian establishments for the event of international establishments. We’re assured that there are numerous areas the place the company can strengthen its interventions for the good thing about Nigerian universities.”
