The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Bauchi zone, has refuted the claim of the Federal Government that there is a paucity of funds, which forced it not to meet the full salary demands of universities.
ASUU believes that it is not a lack of funds but a lack of political will and misplacement of priorities that make education suffer in the country.
This is the contention of the Zonal Coordinator of the Bauchi zone of ASUU, Prof. Timothy Namu, while addressing journalists in Jos.
According to Namu, in 2022, the data from the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) showed that states received a total of ₦3.92 trillion, while the figures in 2024 rose to ₦5.81 trillion, an increase of over 62 per cent.
“Similarly, the Federal Government received N3.42 trillion in 2022 and N4.65 trillion in 2024, an increase of over 70 per cent. These statistics confirm that it is not lack of funds but lack of political will and misplacement of priorities that make education suffer in Nigeria,” he asserted.
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