The Bauchi State Coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities Professor Nanmwa Voncir, has warned against what he called the
satanic plan to privatise public Universities by the Federal Government of
Nigeria.
Addressing a press conference at the ASUU Secretariat in
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University ( ATBU), he stressed that Federal Universities
were currently facing the challenges of inadequate funding , especially
personal and overhead cost .
He restated that but for Tetfund , public Universities and indeed public
tertiary education , would have been forgotten issue , or at best become glorified Secondary Schools .
Professor Voncir, lamented that inadequate funding, have
made it difficult for Universities to pay the monthly salaries of their Staff,
as and when due. In his words “We view this as an attempt by the Federal
Government to start the privatization of the Universities”.
According to him, the closure of all University Staff
Primary Schools and the sacking of Staff of the affected Schools was a direct
confrontation with the union.
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