PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday, again, urged members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off their ongoing strike.
Jonathan told the university teachers that rather than embarking on strikes, they should support the government in turning the country’s universities to centres of excellence.
The President added that his administration allocated N55.74 billion to the university sub-sector this year alone.
Jonathan, who was represented by the Supervising Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, made the appeal in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, at the grand finale of the 29th convocation of the University of Ilorin.
He said: “Apart from establishing 12 new federal universities, government has also increased the carrying capacities of existing universities to address the issue of access to higher education. Government has also increased the budget of education progressively from N234.8 billion in 2010 to N426.5 billion in 2013 with N55.74 billion allocated to the university sub-sector alone.
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