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ASUU Turns Down Support Levy Proposed By Parents

Academic Staff Union of Universities has turned down the proposed payment of N10,000 per session by each parents in a bid to support the Federal Government to get more funds for universities.

Timenewsng had on Wednesday reported that the National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria proposed the levy and to call for a solution from the government over the lingering strike by ASUU.

“We have submitted a letter to the Office of the Education Minister, seeking an audience where we hope to discuss a proposal.

“We are proposing a sum of N10, 000 per parent every session that will be directly paid to the universities. That will be our own contribution apart from other statutory payments in making more funds available to the universities.

“It can be called parent support levy for universities. We are at the receiving end of the industrial action. We plead with the ASUU and Federal Government to immediately resolve their differences,” NAPTAN’s Public Relations Officer, Dr. Ademola Ekundayo, disclosed this during an interview on Tuesday

But reacting to the proposed levy on Thursday, ASUU’s National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, implore the parents that they should join the body in mounting pressure on the government.

Osodeke made the call while speaking during an interview on Thursday.

“I think what this association should be doing is to tell the government to perform its function. They should put pressure on the government to use Nigerians’ money to fund education as it is done in other countries.

“We can’t be calling ourselves the giant of Africa and we are the worst in education. You see students from Nigeria going to Ghana, Benin Republic, Togo, and other small countries to study but nobody from these countries is coming to Nigeria to study.

“So they should add to the pressure coming from ASUU to ensure that the government prioritise education. That is more important than the N10,000”.

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