The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed worry over the proliferation of tertiary institutions across the country amid meagre funding of existing ones.

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has claimed that the National Assembly is under pressure to amend the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Act to accommodate private universities. 

In unison, stakeholders in the tertiary education sub-sector have rejected the planned financial autonomy for universities, insisting that the Federal Government cannot shirk the responsibility of funding education.

Listening to local radio conversations and comments arouses the impression of despondency as Nigerians face existential challenges – rising cost of living, insecurity of lives and property, unabashed profligacy and licentious display of questionable wealth by some members of the political class

To cushion the effect of fee hike in public institutions, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) chapter, has offered scholarships to 13 indigent students.

Amid the increase in allocation to education by the Federal Government, the country has again, failed to meet the global benchmark of 26 per cent of the national budget to fund the sector.

Key education stakeholders say government at national and sub-national levels must give the much needed attention and show sincere commitment to the development of the education sector, to make necessary impact in 2024.

Two months after the Federal Government ordered a waiver on “No Work, No Pay” on striking members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and ordered eventual release of their four-month withheld salary for 2022...

The Federal Government, yesterday, exempted universities, polytechnics, colleges of education and other tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

The country is hard. Nigerians are not smiling. The harsh social-economic realities are hard-hitting. When Mr President announced that subsidy was gone, it actually meant gunshot for many people who are still nursing the unending wounds from that policy declaration.

Industrial actions in Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions have profound and multifaceted effects on the educational system, students, faculty and the overall socio-economic landscape.

About 24 polytechnics and colleges of education have been converted to universities by the Federal and state Governments in the last three years, a move described by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) as an attempt to ‘kill’ technical education in the country.