warned that the federal government of Nigeria by it’s inability to keep to agreements reached with the union is determined to crippled university education in Nigeria.
The union in a press statement, signed by the Chairman and Secretary, Ray Chikogu and Success Absomwan respectively and made available to journalists in Benin City, Edo State after it’s special congress said,the union
is compelled to state that the federal government of Nigeria and its agents are
determined to cripple academic activities in the nation’s universities.
The statement reads in part:
“We are compelled to make a statement at this defining moment in the history of University education in Nigeria that it is becoming clear that the federal government want to cripple university education in Nigeria.
“Since December 22, 2020 when it signed a Memorandum of Action (MoA) with our Union,
stating in clear terms that it was finally prepared tofulfil its obligations to the Nigeria University System and to university lecturers, all we have got has been a charade of lies, insincerity,
dishonesty and half-truths till date from the agents and representatives of the Federal
Govemment.
“As we speak, the Federal Government is yet to make good its promise to actualize the review of our dismal conditions of service, is still unwilling to pay up years of arrears of
promotion entitlements, still pays lip service to the duty of adequately funding education and
continues to be reluctant to deploy the already widely acclaimed University Transparency and
Accountability Solution (UTAS) despite the well-publicized fraudulence, inefficiency and
ineffectiveness in which the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information Service (IPPIS) is
mired.”
“It is unimaginable that in the face of the daily exponential increases in the cost of basic services
and goods in Nigeria, university lecturers have been abandoned to grapple with the harsh
realities of an abysmally poor salary structure that they have had to endure for thirteen agonizing years.” The statement said.
