This will be good news for Nigeria University students as there seems to be a glimpse of hope towards the end of the on going ASUU strike. President Goodluck Jonathan is in line to approve N400 billion for the infrastructural development of Nigerian universities.
The document to this effect is expected to be made available today at the meeting of the presidential committee on implementation of the NEEDS assessment in the universities with the leaders of the four university-based unions – the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The President of SSANU, Samson Ugwoke, made the revelation while addressing his union members at the SSANU National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held at the weekend at the University of Abuja.
Ugwoke, briefing the SSANU members on the activities of the NEEDS assessment implementation committee, led by Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam. He noted that the fund was different from the N100 billion Governor Suswam had raised from donor agencies and big companies to tackle the problems of Nigerian universities in 2013.
The labour leader said: “Let me give you a tip on what the NEEDS assessment committee is doing. The president has approved that within the next four years; N400 billion would be expended in infrastructural development of Nigerian universities, to transform the universities to international standard.
“N100 billion has already been raised by Suswam committee out of which 61 universities have been penciled down, as contained in the NEEDS assessment committee. The N100 billion is expected to address needs of the universities in the areas which include re-furbishing and renovation of lecture theatres and lecture halls, re-furbishing and renovation of laboratories/libraries and the renovation of hostels.
“The second category is building of new hostels of international standard, self-contained rooms, the latest model in the world. That is the standard to be built in every university, and also the state-of-the-art laboratories as well as classrooms, lecture theatres and the halls.”
Ugwoke pointed out that the money had been shared and out of the N100 billion, N96 billion had been sent to universities.
He added: “The committee is meeting again on Monday, and by Monday (today), the document will be out. This time around, it is not only by giving university money, but it will be monitored to ensure that the money is used to transform the universities, to bail universities out of the present situation and developed to an international recognized university standard.”
Source: Daily Sun Newspaper
still nt tru wth d meetin yet??abeg make dem do fast n release gudnews....asuu n fg, u guys shld pls stop dis trash, it aint funny
ReplyDeleteThis is a sharing news! I pray this is released timely to enable our students go back to classrooms. I think Government should'nt be reminded through unnecessary strikes before providing the needed infrastructures for our academic institutions to function at par with their counterparts globally if we really want to achieve the much taunted Vision 20:20:20.
ReplyDeleteOur educational institutions from primary to the tertiary institutions should enjoy unfeterred access to funds every year in order to improve our educational standards. Most of our states' primary schools are an eye sore in terms of the conditions with which they learn. This was what gave rise to so many quack institutions of learning across the country.
Thank you, GEJ for towing the path of history and reasoning at last!
may God bless we d student.... Bcos u ppl ve finished ur studies u dnt wnt amyone ealse to enjoy d fruit of his labour abi?...toh na God go judge all diz bad leaders
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