SEEK YOUR FUNDING ELSEWHERE - DICKSON TO VARSITY

 

 Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has asked the management of the state-owned Niger Delta University (NDU) to explore other revenue sources to fund itself. He said this in a statement through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Iworiso – Markson.

The governor said a situation where the state government’s monthly subvention of about N480million was spent on recurrent expenditure was unsustainable. He expressed concern over the bogus wage bill of the university and the need for its leadership to be prudent in the use of funds.

On the on going industrial action embarked upon by the state chapter of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), Dickson appealed to the striking lecturers to call off their action and join hands with the government in proffering solutions to the issue of unpaid salaries caused by the sharp drop in state revenues.

He empathized with the staff and students of the institution over the development and re-affirmed his commitment to measures that would help in cutting down the wage bill of the university.

“A situation where the university will employ as they wish and then transfer the salaries to the state government can no longer be sustained.