Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), says, poor working conditions among Public Universities’ Lecturers, fuel the reluctance of qualified young Academics to take up jobs in the nation’s University system.
Chairman of the University of Ibadan (UI) chapter of the union, Prof. Ayo Akinwole, stated this in his New Year message.
The union leader said the situation has also affected Primary and Secondary Schools where “the Teachers are not well-paid, leading to the reluctance of qualified teachers to take up employment in public primary and secondary schools, paving the way for the untrained and unqualified teachers holding sway”.
“The result of this has been the proliferation of private schools, most of which are out of the reach of the poor due to the exorbitant fees they charge,” he added.
Akinwole noted that the university system witnessed stagnation in 2024, saying it would have been thrown into another industrial crisis, if the Lecturers had not made significant sacrifices to save the day.
The ASUU leader said Nigeria’s education would likely remain the same because it was allocated about seven per cent (N3.52 trillion) in this year’s budget of (N47.90 trillion).
According to him, this “falls far below the benchmark of 15 per cent to 20 per cent educational budget for underdeveloped countries, like Nigeria, specified by both UNESCO and United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), which has been advocated by our union”. – NPN
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