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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the federal government’s plan to establish a United Kingdom university campus in Nigeria, vowing to resist its implementation.

ASUU President, Chris Piwuna, made this known on Friday in Bauchi during a public lecture organised by the Sa’adu Zungur University branch of the union.

He revealed that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, during a recent state visit to the United Kingdom, signed an agreement that includes plans to establish a Nigerian campus of Coventry University.

Piwuna criticised the proposal, describing it as an attempt to “re-colonise” Nigeria’s education sector. He argued that the institution is facing financial constraints, including a £58 million deficit and a decline in African student enrolment.

According to him, the university is also pursuing cost-cutting measures projected to reach £100 million over the next two years.

“They deny Nigerians visas to study abroad, yet they want to come here and take our money,” he said.

He maintained that ASUU would oppose any aspect of the agreement related to education, noting that it runs contrary to the Federal Government’s moratorium on the establishment of new universities.

“This will not stand. We are going to resist it,” he added.

Piwuna, however, commended the Vice-Chancellor of Sa’adu Zungur University, Professor Fatima Tahir, for implementing the new salary structure, describing the move as commendable.

The lecture, which focused on academic responsibility and entrepreneurship, featured presentations by Suleiman Abdullahi Karwai of the Department of Business Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, and Abubakar Sadiq Usman of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Studies, Gombe State University.

In his presentation, Karwai urged lecturers to invest early and build sustainable income streams.

“No lecturer should be poor. There are legitimate ventures that can complement academic work without compromising it,” he said.

He encouraged academics to explore opportunities such as shareholding, real estate, publishing, and consultancy, noting that many of their counterparts are already leveraging such avenues.

mikuz:
Resist? As if ASUU can do anything about it

LabStores:
Why?

What is wrong with ASUU?

Is the campus not still going to be under NUC?

dfrost:
A lot is wrong with our leaders. Why establish such? Why not collaborate to have exchange programmes like back in the days?

Will the fees be paid in naira or fx? We need to see the contents of this partnership.

Image123:
It's not a partnership but an approval. Coventry wants to establish a university campus, like we have many British and American secondary schools in Nigeria.

Nwaikpe:
Little do you know that those "British and American Secondary Schools" have nothing to do with Britain and America.

Image123:
Little do you know that most people pay through their nose to go there.

israelmao:
Public water supply is no longer relevant to Nigerians because most Nigerians have their boreholes .The public power supply will soon get to that stage

SixSeven:
It is the Nigerian way of solving problems themsleves.

ACRI:
We need a revolution!


China,Russia, French e.t.c all broke free from under development through revolution.

Nwaikpe:
Little do you know that many of those "British and American Secondary Schools" have nothing to do with Britain and America.
Private entities just take up the name to sound sophisticated.

This is a case of a university in a country that has denied your people a visa, saying that they still want your money but don't want you in thier country.
Guy, just read!
Reading is not that difficult!

Image123:
It's business, not by force. There are Cambridge certified schools all over the world, not just Nigeria.

Image123:
Little do you know that most people pay through their nose to go there. There are British schools in Nigeria, they don't necessarily have to be government.

BlackViper:
https://thenationonlineng.net/ASUU-rejects-fgs-plan-for-uk-varsity-campus-vows-resistance/

Flangelo12:
ASUU has a point.

Perhaps they find a way to collaborate.

Image123:
Nigerians still got UK visas yesterday, what are you on about?

Flangelo12:
ASUU has a point.

Perhaps they find a way to collaborate.