The end to the present
strike by the Academic
Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU)
may be in sight as
President Goodluck
Jonathan has approved
N400 billion for the
infrastructural
development of
Nigerian universities.
The document to this effect
is expected to be made
available today at the
meeting of the presidential
committee on
implementation of the
NEEDS assessment in the
universities with the leaders
of the four university-
based unions - the Senior
Staff Association of
Nigerian Universities
(SSANU), the Non-
Academic Staff Union of
Educational and Associated
Institutions (NASU), the
National Association of
Academic Technologists
(NAAT) and the Academic
Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU).
The President of SSANU,
Samson Ugwoke, made the
revelation while addressing
his union members at the
SSANU National Executive
Committee (NEC) meeting
held at the weekend at the
University of Abuja.
Ugwoke, briefing the
SSANU members on the
activities of the NEEDS
assesment implementation
committee, led by Benue
State Governor, Gabriel
Suswam. He noted that the
fund was different from the
N100 billion Governor
Suswam had raised from
donor agencies and big
companies to tackle the
problems of Nigerian
universities in 2013.
The labour leader said: "Let
me give you a tip on what
the NEEDS assessment
committee is doing. The
president has approved
that within the next four
years; N400 billion would
be expended in
infrastructural
development of Nigerian
universities, to transform
the universities to
international standard.
"N100 billion has already
been raised by Suswam
committee out of which 61
universities have been
pencilled down, as
contained in the NEEDS
assessement committee. The
N100 billion is expected to
address needs of the
universities in the areas
which include re-
furbishing and renovation
of lecture theatres and
lecture halls, re-furbishing
and renovation of
laboratories/libraries and
the renovation of hostels.
"The second category is
building of new hostels of
international standard, self-
contained rooms, the latest
model in the world. That is
the standard to be built in
every university, and also
the state-of-the-art
laboratories as well as
classrooms, lecture theatres
and the halls."
Ugwoke pointed out that
the money had been
shared and out of the
N100 billion, N96 billion
had been sent to
universities.
He added: "The committee
is meeting again on
Monday, and by Monday
(today), the document will
be out. This time around, it
is not only by giving
university money, but it
will be monitored to
ensure that the money is
used to transform the
universities, to bail
universities out of the
present situation and
developed to an
international recognized
university standard."

Gej is working,atleast uniben will now have self cons as hostel instead of dat shit holes they call hostels.

I just ope its true. im tired of staying @ home.

Mod,pls forward ds to d fp so as to get mre forumites opinions. Thanks

Its true brokenbars,am also tired of staying at home.

Never schooling in a Nigerian University again.