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Vice Chancellors of private universities in Nigeria have voiced out their concerns about the ongoing impasse between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and the federal government of Nigeria which had resulted in the ongoing 3 months old strike.
They all expressed discomfort and noted that Nigeria’s educational system needs strategic planning and restructuring to regain its lost glory.
According to Vanguard, the VC, Redeemer’s University, Prof. Zachariah.Adeyewa said the strike is also affecting him because his children attending public universities are tired of staying home and are begging him to send them to private universities, which he can’t afford.
“We are not happy that some of our children are becoming grand-parents at home because of the ongoing imbroglio between government and ASUU. The truth is that government and the citizens are not totally committed as the average parent will want to send his wards to smaller African countries to acquire education, where they may be lost to foreign cultures.” He said.
BELLSTECH VC, Prof. Isaac Adeyemi lamented about the strike and urged the ASUU and the FG to put up an implementation strategy that must be acknowledged by the parties.
“We need to have a holistic view of the project called Nigeria and agreement should be based on current realities of life because no situation is static. But I insist that there must be constant interaction and mutual agreement between both parties.”
Similarly, the VC, Covenant University, Prof. Charles Ayo said “the pertinent question we should ask is- are we able to separate adequate funding of education and quality because with our paltry percentage of annual budgetary allocation less than 10 per cent compared to countries like Ghana, South-Africa, our standards will continue to dwindle. This calls for the need for a state of emergency in the nation’s educational system.”
He urged ASUU and FG to arrive at a compromise and see how available funds disbursed to the sector can be utilized. If the desirable is not available, the available becomes desirable.
According to Caleb University VC, Professor Ayodeji Olukoju, “Funding of education is the core issue here but government isn’t keeping an agreement that wasn’t signed under duress. This whole situation is like when someone buys goods on credit and can’t pay on the date he promised to pay.”
He charged government to prioritize funding of education, a critical sector of the economy, rather than spending frivolously on things that don’t contribute to the economy as education would.
They all expressed discomfort and noted that Nigeria’s educational system needs strategic planning and restructuring to regain its lost glory.
According to Vanguard, the VC, Redeemer’s University, Prof. Zachariah.Adeyewa said the strike is also affecting him because his children attending public universities are tired of staying home and are begging him to send them to private universities, which he can’t afford.
“We are not happy that some of our children are becoming grand-parents at home because of the ongoing imbroglio between government and ASUU. The truth is that government and the citizens are not totally committed as the average parent will want to send his wards to smaller African countries to acquire education, where they may be lost to foreign cultures.” He said.
BELLSTECH VC, Prof. Isaac Adeyemi lamented about the strike and urged the ASUU and the FG to put up an implementation strategy that must be acknowledged by the parties.
“We need to have a holistic view of the project called Nigeria and agreement should be based on current realities of life because no situation is static. But I insist that there must be constant interaction and mutual agreement between both parties.”
Similarly, the VC, Covenant University, Prof. Charles Ayo said “the pertinent question we should ask is- are we able to separate adequate funding of education and quality because with our paltry percentage of annual budgetary allocation less than 10 per cent compared to countries like Ghana, South-Africa, our standards will continue to dwindle. This calls for the need for a state of emergency in the nation’s educational system.”
He urged ASUU and FG to arrive at a compromise and see how available funds disbursed to the sector can be utilized. If the desirable is not available, the available becomes desirable.
According to Caleb University VC, Professor Ayodeji Olukoju, “Funding of education is the core issue here but government isn’t keeping an agreement that wasn’t signed under duress. This whole situation is like when someone buys goods on credit and can’t pay on the date he promised to pay.”
He charged government to prioritize funding of education, a critical sector of the economy, rather than spending frivolously on things that don’t contribute to the economy as education would.
