The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it would bode ill for Nigeria and its people if the union stops engaging government on its actions and inaction as regards public university education. The president of the union, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, made the declaration in an exclusive interview with Tribune Education. According to him, if ASUU had not been engaging government constantly by demanding for proper running of public universities, the system would have collapsed completely to the advantage of the private sector. He said the situation has remained unchanged because majority of the leaders have no children in public universities but in private universities or foreign institutions. “Those parents don’t know or pretend not to know that the moment ASUU stops engaging government, the public university system will go the way of public secondary and primary schools that are no longer attractive to the people.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 11, 2020 05:33 UTC