The Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) has taken a jab at Aisha Buhari for stating her plans to
establish a private university in her husband’s name.
NAN had reported that the wife of
the president was planning to establish a new private university to be called
Muhammadu Buhari University.
Responding to the disclosure,
Deji Omole, ASUU Chairman, University of Ibadan, and Ademola Aremu, former
National Treasurer of the Union, told newsmen that this is a joke taken too
far.
“When I also heard about the
proposed private university to be named after Mr President, I just looked at it
as a joke taken too far,” Omole said.
“If we have a president in a
country that has simply refused to fund public education and all we get from
the family of the first lady is to establish a private university in
collaboration with some foreigners, to me I think it is a disaster for this country
and for a sitting president.
“The implication is that
Nigerians should know that this leadership does not believe in public-funded
education. Nigerians should support the struggle for the government to take
education as a core investment upon which this country will be liberated.
“It is not the children of the
rich that will solve the problems of Nigeria but the children of the poor and
the tool they need is quality education.”
Aremu said he does not think the
first lady is serious, adding that Nigeria already has “proliferation of
universities and they are not taken care of”.
“Since they are policy makers,
they will now formulate policies that will ground public universities aground
for their interest to thrive. I thought we have actually left that era.
“I could remember that Obasanjo
established Bells and we condemned it. Atiku established his own as Former Vice
President. If you have private interest, you should not hold public office.
“If you have interest in anything
private, I think it is proper to actually leave the public space for those who
want to eager to serve the masses. How many people can afford the existing
private universities existing in the country?
“If you want to help education,
then increase the capacity of the existing ones. When you are holding a public
office, don’t establish a private concern. She should wait until Buhari is
completely out of office before thinking of bringing a private university in
whatever name.”
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