The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has warned President Bola Tinubu against any attempt to sacrifice Nigeria’s educational system in blind obedience to International Monetary Fund, IMF, directed policies. The Ibadan zone of ASUU issued the warning via a statement made available to DAILY POST on Sunday.
DAILY POST reports that the zone consists of University of Ibadan, Ibadan; University of Ilorin, Ilorin; Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso; Osun State University, Osogbo; Kwara State University, Malete; and Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo.
He also said that the initiative has helped in equipping scanty scientific and engineering laboratories, helped in purchasing books to stock obsolete libraries, and in providing state-of-art e-libraries in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Oyebamiji while speaking further, stated that replacing TETFund with NELFUND is tantamount to cutting one’s nose to spite one’s face.
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