Don't manage education like Buhari, ASUU tells Tinubu
The University Academic Staff Union has urged President-elect Bola Tinubu to treat the country's academics with "the utmost respect".
The University Union has also advised the former Governor of Lagos State to ensure that university education becomes a priority.
Addressing our correspondent, the President of ASUU, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, who is also a member of the National Executive Council of ASUU, Professor Gbolahan Bolarin , urged the new government not to emulate the regime of President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retired).
He said, “The first thing one would expect from the next president is that university education should be a priority. No one should treat the university education system with contempt that will force our students to stay home for eight months because of a governance failure.
"He can't afford to treat academics like they're not human the way the president treats us."
The PUNCH reports that public universities suffered from disruptions in the academic calendar under the Buhari regime.
In 2020, universities were closed for almost eight months.
Similarly, there was an eight-month hiatus in academic activities at universities in 2022.
Faculty demanded improved welfare, an end to the proliferation of universities, increased funding, among other things.
Tinubu has individually pledged that under his leadership, education will come first.
He promised that there would be no more strikes at the university, saying that "a four-year tribunal will be finished in four years".
Meanwhile, the outgoing rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Ondo State, Professor Emmanuel Fasakin, has urged the government not to let polytechnic education die of neglect .
The rector made the call to Akure on Monday, at the launch of his memoir to mark the end of his two-term term as the polytechnic's pioneering rector.
The book was titled: "Beyond the Ordinary: The Journey of My Life and Experience at the Federal Polytechnic School of Ile-Oluji."
He said, "Polytechnic education is necessary to provide labor for our industries. Nigeria should not depend on foreign labor for the survival of its industries
"The Nigerian government should provide a conducive and enabling environment for Nigerian citizens to work and thrive in their respective academic endeavours."
Fasakin said he had laid a good foundation in the institution in the area of infrastructure, human capital development through teamwork and provided transformational leadership.
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The University Academic Staff Union has urged President-elect Bola Tinubu to treat the country's academics with "the utmost respect".
The University Union has also advised the former Governor of Lagos State to ensure that university education becomes a priority.
Addressing our correspondent, the President of ASUU, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, who is also a member of the National Executive Council of ASUU, Professor Gbolahan Bolarin , urged the new government not to emulate the regime of President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retired).
He said, “The first thing one would expect from the next president is that university education should be a priority. No one should treat the university education system with contempt that will force our students to stay home for eight months because of a governance failure.
"He can't afford to treat academics like they're not human the way the president treats us."
The PUNCH reports that public universities suffered from disruptions in the academic calendar under the Buhari regime.
In 2020, universities were closed for almost eight months.
Similarly, there was an eight-month hiatus in academic activities at universities in 2022.
Faculty demanded improved welfare, an end to the proliferation of universities, increased funding, among other things.
Tinubu has individually pledged that under his leadership, education will come first.
He promised that there would be no more strikes at the university, saying that "a four-year tribunal will be finished in four years".
Meanwhile, the outgoing rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Ondo State, Professor Emmanuel Fasakin, has urged the government not to let polytechnic education die of neglect .
The rector made the call to Akure on Monday, at the launch of his memoir to mark the end of his two-term term as the polytechnic's pioneering rector.
The book was titled: "Beyond the Ordinary: The Journey of My Life and Experience at the Federal Polytechnic School of Ile-Oluji."
He said, "Polytechnic education is necessary to provide labor for our industries. Nigeria should not depend on foreign labor for the survival of its industries
"The Nigerian government should provide a conducive and enabling environment for Nigerian citizens to work and thrive in their respective academic endeavours."
Fasakin said he had laid a good foundation in the institution in the area of infrastructure, human capital development through teamwork and provided transformational leadership.
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