The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Sunday kicked against the 2019 budget proposal for the education sector.
Speaking through the chairman of the University of Ibadan chapter of the union, Professor Deji Omole, ASUU attributed the rising insecurity in Nigeria to part of the consequences of the government’s failure to fund education and educate children of the masses.
Professor Omole stressed that the 2019 budget allocation for the education sector ” is about the worst in recent past”, adding that it is now time for the ruling class to see the rising insecurity as one of the consequences of failing educate the nation and attending to the welfare of the people.
He said: “We are not happy about 2019 budget to education. They presented this budget while we were on strike. We had assumed that a government that promised change will increase the budgetary allocation to education while the university staffs are on strike.
Nigeria’s future looks bleak with the attitude of her leaders to funding education Professor Omole warned that with such a budget for the nation’s education sector ” saying, “however, we realized that the budget was further cut down in terms of percentage allocated to education.”
“This is about the worst in recent past. You can know that when you have such an attitude from people in Government who feel that they can achieve much without education, the future of that country is bleak, he said.
