The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has begged the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to treat academics in the country with “utmost respect.”
The Academic Union also advised the former Lagos State governor to ensure that university education becomes a priority.
Daily News Bullentin gathered that the Chairman of ASUU, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, who is also a member of the National Executive Council of ASUU, Prof Gbolahan Bolarin, urged the incoming government not to emulate the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
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He said, “The first thing that one would expect from the next President is that university education must be a priority. No one should treat university education system with disdain that would make our students to stay at home for eight months because of governance failure.
“He cannot afford to treat academics like they are not humans the way the President is treating us.”
Recall that public universities suffered from disruptions of academic calendar under Buhari tenure.
Credit: The Punch News
