The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Wednesday said it would continue to embark on industrial actions until the right thing is done.
The Union also rejected plans by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to include private universities in the country as beneficiaries of its projects.
Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, the President of ASUU disclosed this at a two-day interactive session between TETFund and all unions of beneficiary institutions.
Osodeke stressed that such a move would lead to the proliferation of private universities devoid of quality.
He also called on TETFund to apply sanctions on non-performing institutions and advocate for the abolition of what he referred to as the “stakeholders fund”.
The union president said: “ASUU will continue to embark on strike until the right thing is done in our tertiary institutions. Stakeholders fund should be abolished”.
On his part, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, noted that the interactive section was for the purpose of sustaining steady growth and development in tertiary education.
Mr Echono said: “It is our fervent hope that this interactive session will provide an enabling environment for us to understand some of our challenges and difficulties in the delivery of quality education in our institutions and thereby make meaningful contribution to the successful execution of the objective of the Fund.
“As you all know our primary mandate is to rehabilitate, restore and consolidate Tertiary Education in Nigeria, using funding alongside project management.
“The session is also expected to serve as a platform to discuss and mitigate incidences of industrial disputes in the tertiary education sector and look at ways to prevent and avoid their occurrences,” he said.
He added that, “As stakeholders and partners, we intend to share with you all that we have done and continue to do.”
