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The minister spoke at the National University Commission when he inaugurated the newly appointed members of the governing council for the universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. “In the face of this loss, we now have private universities coming up, competing for the same staff with the public universities.”PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism for Nigerians, by Nigerians — and our community of supporters, the readers who donate, make our work possible. Help us bring you and millions of others in-depth, meticulously researched news and information.
The minister also listed other challenges ahead of the newly inaugurated councils including addressing the grievances of the staff unions based in their respective institutions, sexual violence, and unstable academic calendar. In the universities for instance, the academic staff union- ASUU, has repeatedly accused the government of not paying its members earned academic allowances, while also calling for the review of these earnings.Meanwhile, almost all Nigerian public universities hiked their fees last year, citing the increasing cost of maintaining the institution’s facilities and the lack of adequate funding by the government.