President Muhammadu Buhari has
said industrial actions by the Academic Staff Union of Universities are
inimical to the health and progress of the higher institutions in Nigeria.
According to the President, the
action was worrisome and disheartening.
He stated this at the 41st
convocation ceremony of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, at the weekend.
“It is only when there is peace
and stability, that government is able to consolidate the gains and successes
recorded in the advancement of higher education in this country,” he said.
Buhari was represented by the
Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Universities Commission, Prof. Abubakar
Rashid.
The President noted that
industrial actions cause loss of time in learning hours by young men and women;
in their quest to graduate and join the nation-building.
“I am appealing to leadership and
rank and file of all Universities-based unions to be more sensitive in their
pursuit of welfare and other demands in the University,” he added.
Buhari said that since assumption
of office, his administration has accorded and continued to invest
substantially in the education sector.
He said despite finance challenges,
his government had not relented in its determination to ensure that education
was revitalised to gain access to global civilization in the twenty-first
century.
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