The Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) on Monday rated the two years administration of President
Mohammadu Buhari poorly in public funded education.
ASUU noted that it will be
difficult for any Nigeria university to effectively compete globally with the
attitude of Buhari not to allocate enough funds as prescribed by UNESCO to
support education.
Chairman, ASUU, University of
Ibadan chapter, Dr. Deji Omole who stated this in a statement made available to
journalists in Ibadan, lashed out at the Buhari administration for defrauding
the people during 2015 campaign where he was alleged to have promised to fund
public education with a minimum of 15 percent but noted that budgetary
allocation to education nosedived further under Buhari two years of governance.
Omole said that the federal
government must be held responsible for the growing rate of crime for failing
to arrest youth through meaningful education and non-challant attitude to the
problems facing the poor majority in Nigeria.
Omole who said the APC government
has made Nigerians poorer, added that public education is poorly funded because
the rich do not have their children schooling in Nigeria.
While accusing the president also
of poorly equipping Health Institutions in Nigeria, the ASUU boss stated that
many poor Nigerians have died of the same disease that has made the president
to run to the United Kingdom.
He wondered why it has been
difficult to build a world class Health facility in Nigeria for all Nigerians
to have access to, recalling that the National Leader of APC, Bola Tinubu also
ran out of Nigeria when he fell ill to be treated despite being in government
for eight years in Lagos and controlling more states in South West.
Omole further stated that
university workers have expressed terrible moments under Buhari with payment of
fractional and amputated salaries, non-release of revitilisation grants in line
with FGN/ASUU agreements and 2013 Memorandum of Understanding, and non-payment
of academic earned allowances.
“On education; the govt has performed poorly as the budgetary allocation to education suffered a serious decline as against what the APC government promised. The government promised minimum of 15% but instead of moving towards that we are actually moving backward.Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday“Fractional salaries are paid to workers even though the cost of living is now more than triple. Non release of revitalization grant in line with ASUU/FGN agreement and MOUs , non payment of earned academic allowances . in fact no Nigerian university will be able to compete effectively with other universities abroad with the attitude of this government towards public funded education.”
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