The Ebonyi State University Chapter of
ASUU on Tuesday warned of likely increase in school fees if the demands
of ASUU were not fully met eventually by the Federal Government.
The Chairman of the chapter, Prof.
Ndubuisi Idenyi, gave the warning in Abakiliki at a news conference on
the current ASUU strike.
Idenyi said the fee hike would come when universities attempted to source money for their Earned Academic Allowances as directed by the Federal Government.
"We demanded for N500 billion but the government has only released N100 billion to university councils for infrastructure development in selected universities and another N30 billion for part-payment of Earned Academic Allowances.
"The government has asked various universities councils to source the balance.
"But the question is from where will the funds come if not through increase in school fees."
According to him, the directive has distorted the technical sub-committee's report on the needs of Nigerian Universities.
"Government's partial implementation of our demand would generate series of problems in our universities, including differentials in school fees structure in public schools.
"The action would also cause migration of students and over-population of students in a particular school."
He said that the directive might deny many people access to quality education.
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Idenyi said the fee hike would come when universities attempted to source money for their Earned Academic Allowances as directed by the Federal Government.
"We demanded for N500 billion but the government has only released N100 billion to university councils for infrastructure development in selected universities and another N30 billion for part-payment of Earned Academic Allowances.
"The government has asked various universities councils to source the balance.
"But the question is from where will the funds come if not through increase in school fees."
According to him, the directive has distorted the technical sub-committee's report on the needs of Nigerian Universities.
"Government's partial implementation of our demand would generate series of problems in our universities, including differentials in school fees structure in public schools.
"The action would also cause migration of students and over-population of students in a particular school."
He said that the directive might deny many people access to quality education.
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All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without prior permission in writing from NAN.
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