The Sokoto State University branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said that the federal government of Nigeria is dismantling the country’s educational system.
In a statement by the chairman and secretary of the union, Saidu Abubakar and Hassan Aliyu made available to ASHENEWS on Friday, the union observed that “no nation can be successful or achieve greatness without a high-quality educational system, and no educational system can achieve greatness without high-quality teachers.”
It added that “the foundation of the national development of every nation is education. Currently, the Nigerian government is on the verge of dismantling the country’s educational system.”
ASUU expressed disappointment that the federal government was “yet to act on key problems raised in the Memorandum of Action (MoA) agreed on December 23, 2020 between the two parties.
“Some of the targeted critical issues which the MoA seeks to address include UTAS and IPPIS, Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) accruing to members, funding for the revitalisation of public universities, proliferation of state universities, as well as signing and implementation of the renegotiated draft 2009 agreement.
“The government is being evasive, avoiding signing and implementing the renegotiated agreements. Similarly, while UTAS was created entirely by academics in Nigerian universities and at no cost to the federal government, lecturers were forced to enrol on an untrusted monster platform (IPPIS).
“For the benefit of the Nigerian child, the union requests that the federal government cease making seemingly elusive promises and be courageous enough to honour its agreement with the union to rescue the country’s university system from collapse,” the statement reads.
The statement is signed by the chairman and secretary of the union, Saidu Abubakar and Hassan Aliyu
