The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has kicked against any plan by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to include private universities as beneficiary institutions of its projects.
The President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke who made the union’s position known at a two-day interactive session between TETFund and all unions of beneficiary institutions, maintained that such a move will lead to proliferation of private universities devoid of quality.
The ASUU president commended TETFund on delivery of its mandate, but however made case for effective monitoring and evaluation strategy of its projects across various institutions. The Need to apply sanctions on nonperforming institutions was also emphasized by the Union.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arch. Sonny Echono, disclosed that the interactive session was conceived as a proactive engagement against the backdrop of the prevailing challenges in the subsector.
The interactive session is also expected to serve as a platform to discuss and mitigate incidences of industrial disputes in the tertiary education sector and look at ways to prevent and avoid their occurrences.
