Frustration, Mass Resignation Significantly Impact Public Varsities Stability – ASUU
By Abimbola Kintum
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU on Tuesday, raised the alarm that most departments in Nigeria’s public universities were short-staffed due to the resignation of lecturers in search of greener pastures.
The union said poor and delayed salaries, unpaid allowances, poor infrastructure and lack of respect for the academic community are responsible for the resignation of lecturers in the past few months.
The academic body further lamented that the establishment of more universities had not solved admission problems.
It called on the government to improve the carrying capacity of existing universities to be able to admit more students.
The Chairman of ASUU, University of Ibadan Chapter, Professor Ayo Akinwole, in a chat with newsmen, lamented that public universities are in pitiable conditions with stress and frustration visible in the faces of lecturers.
Akinwole said: “Vice Chancellors cannot single-handedly employ to replace staff as urgent as it is needed again. They have to contact Abuja for approval, which may take six months to a year, if not more, before they get approval. By this time, the best candidate has gone to a more serious country that respects quality. Sadly, people from the Ministry of Education to legislators themselves want to dictate who the universities should employ.”
