‘Over N60m spent on electricity monthly’ — NUC chair seeks better funding for public varsities | TheCable
Author:Abubakar Rasheed, the executive secretary of the National Universities Commission , says federal universities spend between N60 million and N80 million monthly on electricity.
“We need to be a little bit more serious with our education sector in this country,” NAN quoted him as saying. “But in reality, what universities spend is between N60 million to N80 million monthly to pay for electricity and that is why there are inadequacies of water, counselling, support for teachers, communication, internet, and cleaning services.”
“The figure has jumped from 10 million as parents withdraw their children from school for fear of abduction, kidnapping, and the rest. So, the illiteracy rate now stands at 78 million while tertiary enrollment is about 10.1 percent.
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