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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   .... picks holes in establishment of private varsities By Gbenga Ariyibi Wednesday, August 25, 2004 ADO EKITI — THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has picked holes in the alleged indiscriminate manner of  establishing private universities by the National University Commission (NUC) without regards for basic infrastructure and  technical personnel to run the institutions. A statement issued yesterday by the co-ordinator of Ilorin zone of ASUU, Dr. Eddy Olanipekun, noted that the development  called for serious concern by well-meaning Nigerians who do not wish doom for the country. ASUU observed that based on NUC data in 2001 there were on ground only about 1/3 of the academic staff required to teach  and run the public university system. “Three years later, many academic staff have left, either through retirement or frustration. New academic staff are hard to find,  yet it is from this same pool of overworked, underpaid and abused academics that the private universities are recruiting their  pioneer staff. The consequences are better imagined”, the statement further stated. The union decried what it termed commercialization and privatization of education, arguing that the present policy of the Federal  Government only allows those who can afford education inspite of its high cost. It condemned the Federal Government for  encouraging universities to introduce all sorts of sundry fees into various universities. “Right now on the various campuses, students and authorities are engaging in a battle of wits over the introduction of sundry  fees”, ASUU further declared. It also called for the refund of N1.36 billion allegedly taken from the stabilization fund, claiming that the former minister of  education, Prof. Babalola Borisade has admitted that part of the money was used to fund the National Open University of  Nigeria (NOUN), adding that the Vice Chancellor of NOUN has since denied this. ASUU, therefore called on the Federal Government to honour its various agreements it entered with the union, and initiate  dialogue between it and  other stakeholders in education.   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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