Senator declares state of emergency in Nigeria education
Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, yesterday, while speaking to newsmen in Lagos, called for declaration of a state of emergency in the education sector of the country.
The senator, representing Lagos Central senatorial district spoke on the side line of the opening of the 12th Annual Research Conference and Fair organised by the University of Lagos.
The senator was reacting to the indefinite strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) nationwide.
The lecturers were protesting the non-implementation of both the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the 2009 agreement it entered into with the Federal Government.Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, yesterday, while speaking to newsmen in Lagos, called for declaration of a state of emergency in the education sector of the country.
The senator, representing Lagos Central senatorial district spoke on the side line of the opening of the 12th Annual Research Conference and Fair organised by the University of Lagos.
The senator was reacting to the indefinite strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) nationwide.
The lecturers were protesting the non-implementation of both the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the 2009 agreement it entered into with the Federal Government.
According to Tinubu, for a country to excel, its education must be built on a firm foundation.
“We have to declare a state of emergency on education in this country. This is what we have been going through, even during the budget process. There are lots of shortfalls in our universities.”
She said, “Even when I visit universities, when I look at their laboratories and a lot of other teaching materials, they are nothing to be cheerful about.”
She recalled that during her school days, she was not from a rich family, “but I went through school and was proud to go through school’’.
She pleaded with the Federal Government to intervene in the matter of the union and offer a workable solution.
“I also want to plead with ASUU to show understanding with the government, and consider the young people.”
Tinubu said that when a country with more than half of its population, are not being properly educated, “it becomes detrimental to the growth of the nation.”
