ASUU Will Tackle Buhari If He Fails To Act Early - UI VC

The out-going Vice Chancellor of the University of
Ibadan recently commented on what he expects the
incoming administration that will be led by General
Buhari to do in the education sector.

According to him, there are already agreements on
ground signed by the outgoing administration which
promised to release N1.3trillion to the Universities.
He mentioned that the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, will tackle Buhari if he fails to act in his
first six months in office.
In his words, "... Buhari will have to find money to
pay for the settlement of the 2014 and 2015
agreement."

"If he cannot get money immediately, he will have to
call ASUU to a meeting and tell its members that he
needs a breathing space on the challenges he
inherited. He must state his reasons and I am sure
that the union, being an association of responsible
people, will listen to him. The President cannot
pretend that the agreement does not exist."

"He will have to do a surgical operation in the
education sector. We need to rebuild from the
foundation. We must not only pay attention to
tertiary education, we also need to pay attention to
tertiary and secondary education systems.
Education cannot be an orphan."

"Buhari must put in place a mechanism to rebuild
education in the country. People should not see the
education sector as an item of expenditure but a
short path to national development." He added.