{"id":8967,"date":"2013-08-25T01:39:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T01:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/n1-trillion-fg-intervention-needed-to-tackle-rot-in-varsities\/"},"modified":"2013-08-25T01:39:51","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T01:39:51","slug":"n1-trillion-fg-intervention-needed-to-tackle-rot-in-varsities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/n1-trillion-fg-intervention-needed-to-tackle-rot-in-varsities\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018N1 trillion FG Intervention Needed To Tackle Rot In Varsities\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AS the crisis between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities deepens, leaders of ASUU, Calabar zone, said N1 trillion is required to address rot in country\u2019s university system.<\/p>\n

  Rising from their zonal meeting held in Calabar on Friday, the union noted that the N130billion and other monies offered by the government are insufficient. <\/p>\n

   In a statement jointly signed by the Calabar zonal coordinator of ASUU, Dr. Charles Ononuju and ASUU branch chairmen in the zone, the union noted with dismay that rot in the university system \u201chas assumed a frightening dimension\u201d and there is need for urgent intervention.<\/p>\n

   It said, \u201cThe problem of the system, as identified and quantified by government\u2019s own implementation committee, will require an immediate injection of N1.3 trillion into the system.\u201d<\/p>\n

   According to the union, various amounts being \u2018touted\u2019 by government are grossly inadequate, noting that the delay in the implementation of the 2009 ASUU\/FG agreement has led \u2018to a deepening of rot in the system.\u2019<\/p>\n

    The leaders argued that if N3tr was spent by government to rescue banks and another N500b to bail out the aviation industry, government should equally inject about N1tr \u201cto rescue the dilapidated, broken down and rickety university system from which over 160 million Nigerians will benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n

  The zonal leaders appealed to the Federal Government to save the university system from total collapse by commencing the immediate implementation of the 2009 agreement. <\/p>\n

  The chairman of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) branch of ASUU, Dr. James Okpiliya, blamed the current strike, which has paralysed academic activities in public universities in the country, on the failure of the Federal Government \u2018to implement the 2009 FGN\/ASUU agreement entered into after a protracted and extended negotiation.\u2019<\/p>\n

   According to Dr. Okpiliya, \u2018the solution to these problems are specified in the 2009 agreement, which is indeed a road map to the revitalisation of the decaying and crumbling educational sector.\u2019<\/p>\n

  The chairman of the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) branch of the union, Dr. Nsing Ogar, faulted claims by some government functionaries over ASUU demands.<\/p>\n

   He said the union was forced to continue with its suspended strike following the non-implementation of the agreement reached between the Federal Government and ASUU.<\/p>\n

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