ASUU Decries Fg’s Indifference To Education Sector
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has decried the indifference
exhibited by the Federal Government to the university system of the
country amidst other issues currently bedevilling the country’s polity.
The President, Mr
Biodun Ogunyemi, said they were angry with the current position of the
Federal Government on education because it had shown less concern to the
growth of the system. Ogunyemi said the Federal Government was not
interested in the growth and development of the education sector because
from the budgetary allocation, which was 11 per cent in 2015, is now a
little above seven per cent in 2018.
He said: “Since the return to civil
rule in 1999, the highest budgetary allocation to the education sector
was in 2015, when government allocated 11.75 per cent to education.
However, in the 2018 budget, the allocation to the education sector fell
to a scandalously low point of seven per cent.
This is also
unacceptable. “NEC reviewed the state of affairs in our country with
special focus on the crisis in the education sector, the increasing
despondency among the generality of the citizenry owing to the hazy
political environment foisted on the people of Nigeria by politicians of
the ruling class, the inclement economic atmosphere that has continued
to produce joblessness, hampered productive activities and the
development of productive capacities, the total disconnect between the
government and the Nigerian people at every tier of our political
structure.
“ASUU as a union of patriotic intellectuals is compelled,
once again, as in our established tradition, to call the attention of
Nigerians to the multiple malaises that have constantly conspired and
are still conspiring against our developmental aspiration as citizens in
the Nigerian state. “As a union in the education sector, we have the
duty to the Nigerian people to assess and report on the state of our
universities, which is gravely disturbing.
Education, which is the
kernel of transformation in any society, is being treated with levity in
Nigeria. “The ruling class in Nigeria has constantly refused to pay due
attention to the significant place of education in the improvement of
the living standards of the people. Promising pronouncements by
politicians about education notwithstanding, no state in Nigeria has an
all-round internationally competitive system of education.
Yet,
Nigerians are widely acknowledged to be among the most intellectually
endowed in the world, judged by their performance in all parts of the
world. The Nigerian society is left to drift because of the neglect of
the educational sector, especially the Nigerian University system
(NUS),” he said. Speaking further, he said “The Chairman of the
Government Renegotiating Team, has constituted a stumbling block to the
process of the renegotiation. He has arrogantly exhibited
“I-know-it-all” attitude and also conducted himself as a judge, instead
of a negotiator.
ASUU Decries Fg’s Indifference To Education Sector
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Wednesday, August 08, 2018
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