{"id":70965,"date":"2022-08-26T16:03:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T15:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/some-state-universities-are-quacks-asuu-president-slams-varsities-resuming-lectures"},"modified":"2022-08-26T18:05:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T17:05:17","slug":"some-state-universities-are-quacks-asuu-president-slams-varsities-resuming-lectures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/some-state-universities-are-quacks-asuu-president-slams-varsities-resuming-lectures","title":{"rendered":"Some state universities are quacks \u2013 ASUU president slams varsities resuming lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has described some state-owned universities as quacks.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Osodeke, who appeared on Arise Television on Friday morning, was reacting to the resolve of some of the state universities to call off the strike and return to lectures.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the discussion should be about the federal universities, such as the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN; University of Ibadan, University of Maiduguri, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, among others, which according to him are the real universities in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The professor insisted that all those other universities have never been part of ASUU and are not counted among the striking ones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYobe State, go and check, just like Kaduna state universite, what\u2019s happening there? Please don\u2019t set those examples, they\u2019re irrelevant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalk about the issue, is Ibadan on strike? Is UNN on strike? Is ABU on strike? Is BUK on strike? Is Maiduguri and Lagos on strike?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalk about important universities not those quacks. They\u2019re not part of our strike. Set the ones that are members of our strike,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>ASUU has been on strike since February 14 this year over improved welfare, and revitalisation of public universities, among others.<\/p>\n<p>One of the issues being raised by the academics is the non-payment of university revitalisation funds, amounting to about N1.1 trillion, as all efforts by the government to make the union end the strike have been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>The government maintains it has no money to meet the lecturers\u2019 demands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has described some state-owned universities as quacks. Professor Osodeke, who appeared on Arise Television on Friday morning, was reacting to the resolve of some of the state universities to call off the strike and return to lectures. 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