ASUU Tags FG a Liar Over Release Of 130billion Naira

The Academic
Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, Wednesday, described as false,
claim by the Federal Government that N130 billion
had been released to universities.
According to the union, the Federal Government
was yet to release any kobo of the said amount, but
had only sent a letter to the governing councils of
universities through the National Universities
Commission, NUC.
The revelation was contained in a communiqué
read by ASUU Zonal Coordinator, Dr. Ademola
Nasir, at the end of the zone meeting at the
University of Ibadan. The zone comprises
University of Ibadan, Lagos State University,
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta,
University of Lagos, Olabisi Onabanjo University
and Tai Solarin University of Education.
ASUU said the government was only interested in
awarding contracts of a four-bedroom for
N8.5million instead of the original cost of
N800,000 and N1.2million, saying, “rather than
for government to source for the intervention funds
from other agencies outside TETFUND, it has
decided to hijack the resources of TETFUND,
which already belong to the universities and use it
as intervention funds for this purpose.
“In doing this, the regular intervention of
TETFUND is blocked. This attitude of government
is fraudulent to say the least.”
The union, after passing a vote of confidence on its
national leadership over the current strike,
regretted that “a government that always says our
graduates are not employable finds it difficult to
put the best of its resources into the system to
make it work.”