As the Academic Staff Union of Universities started an indefinite strike in Nigeria this week, the Chairman of the University of Port Harcourt chapter Austen Sado has added a new twist to the claims and counter claims from the unions and the federal government.

Addressing newsmen today, Sado said former top public officials are the "promoters" of private universities in the country and that they were behind the deliberate under-funding of public universities.  This chronic shortage of funds has, over the years, resulted in a near collapse in those universities, from infrastructure to academic standards to the working conditions of teaching staff.

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Well if it would make ASUU happy they can stop granting licences to ex government officials. But I can tell you that the best private universities in Nigeria aren't owned by ex-government officials.