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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to treat academics in the country with “utmost respect," while ensuring that varsity education becomes a topmost priority.

Speaking with the correspondent of PUNCH, Prof Gbolahan Bolarin, the Chairman of ASUU, Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger State Chapter, who is also a member of the National Executive Council of ASUU, urged the incoming government not to emulate the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

In his words, "The first thing that one would expect from the next President is that university education must be a priority. No one should treat university education system with disdain that would make our students to stay at home for eight months because of governance failure.

“He cannot afford to treat academics like they are not humans the way the President is treating us.

Recall that public universities suffered from disruptions of academic calendar under the President Buhari administration.

In 2020, universities were shut for close to eight months. Similarly, there was an eight-month disruption of academic activities in universities in 2022. Lecturers have been demanding improved welfare, end to proliferation of universities, increased funding among others.

Meanwhile, the President-elect had severally promised that under his watch education would be given priority, pledging that "a four-year course will be completed in four years."

In another news, the outgoing Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Ondo State, Prof. Emmanuel Fasakin, has urged the government not to allow polytechnic education die due to neglect. He said this while launching his book, "Beyond the ordinary: the journey of my life and experience at the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji.”

In his words, "Polytechnic education is needed to provide manpower for our industries. Nigeria should not rely on manpower from outside the country for its industries to survive

“Nigerian government should provide a conducive and enabling environment for Nigerian citizens to work and thrive in their respective academic endeavours.”

https://consultgana.com/dont-be-like-buhari-ASUU-tells-tinubu/

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to treat academics in the country with “utmost respect," while ensuring that varsity education becomes a topmost priority.

Speaking with the correspondent of PUNCH, Prof Gbolahan Bolarin, the Chairman of ASUU, Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger State Chapter, who is also a member of the National Executive Council of ASUU, urged the incoming government not to emulate the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

In his words, "The first thing that one would expect from the next President is that university education must be a priority. No one should treat university education system with disdain that would make our students to stay at home for eight months because of governance failure.

“He cannot afford to treat academics like they are not humans the way the President is treating us.

Recall that public universities suffered from disruptions of academic calendar under the President Buhari administration.

In 2020, universities were shut for close to eight months. Similarly, there was an eight-month disruption of academic activities in universities in 2022. Lecturers have been demanding improved welfare, end to proliferation of universities, increased funding among others.

Meanwhile, the President-elect had severally promised that under his watch education would be given priority, pledging that "a four-year course will be completed in four years."

In another news, the outgoing Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Ondo State, Prof. Emmanuel Fasakin, has urged the government not to allow polytechnic education die due to neglect. He said this while launching his book, "Beyond the ordinary: the journey of my life and experience at the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji.”

In his words, "Polytechnic education is needed to provide manpower for our industries. Nigeria should not rely on manpower from outside the country for its industries to survive

“Nigerian government should provide a conducive and enabling environment for Nigerian citizens to work and thrive in their respective academic endeavours.”

https://consultgana.com/dont-be-like-buhari-ASUU-tells-tinubu/

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