The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Saturday urged university unions, particularly the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ...
โThe university system has remained one of the largest beneficiaries of the budgetary allocations to the sector. He charged Nigerian ivory towers, saying, โAny university that does not make worthwhile contributions to the positive transformations of its country and the global community has failed to live up to the reason for its existence. The President said the incessant industrial actions by ASUU and other unions in the university system always revolve around the issue of adequate funding, stressing that university funding in different parts of the world was not the sole responsibility of the government.