ASUU urges parents to oppose the proposed N10,000 by FG – The Academic Staff Union Of Universities has urged the National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria (NATPAN) to oppose the Federal Government’s proposed N10,000 per session levy.Information Guide Nigeria
The president of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke said this during an interview on AriseTV Morning Show on Thursday.
Osodeke’s assertion came as a sequel to a proposal by NAPTAN to levy a payment of N10,000 per session on each parent to assist the government in making more funds available for universities.JAMB Result
Recall that NAPTAN’s Public Relations Officer, Dr. Ademola Ekundayo disclosed during an interview on Wednesday that parents were at the receiving end of the disagreement between the Federal Government and ASUU.
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As reported by RIPPLES NIGERIA, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke said, “I want to commend the parents but what the Association should be doing is to meet the President and ensure the FG meets up with the agreement in order to revamp the education sector. They should also meet the National Assembly and look at the budgetary allocations to education in order to increase it. We cannot be priding ourselves as Giant of Africa while our students are schooling in countries like Benin Republic. They should mount pressure on the FG to prioritise tertiary education.
“Why can’t Nigeria upgrade the education budget to around 15% from the around 5% currently? The offer by the parents while good is not sustainable.”
He further stated, “If you check all tertiary education in the world, what we are doing is also done in those countries but the difference is that their governments intercede, especially in the UK. The issue of striking workers is not a Nigerian problem. This issue can be resolved in one day if there is sincerity and this is because most politicians children are not schooling in Nigeria”.
