President Muhammadu Buhari has been encouraged by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to accede to the requests of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The group suggested that Buhari provide ASUU some of the N3.6 billion set aside for the presidency’s travel and food expenses as well as the N134 billion set up for the National Assembly in 2022.
In order to support public tertiary institutions, SERAP also urged the recovery of “missing N105.7 billion of public monies” from ministries, divisions, and agencies (MDAs).
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In a letter dated July 2, Deputy Director of SERAP Kolawole Oluwadare said that addressing ASUU’s demands will reduce educational opportunity inequity.
The government’s refusal to carry out the union agreement, according to SERAP, has kept many students at home.
The statement further read;
If people have access to education, they can develop the skills, capacity and confidence to secure other rights.
Education gives people the ability to access information detailing the range of rights that they hold, and government’s obligations.
SERAP urged the President to take action on its demand within seven days or face legal actions to compel the government to comply.
ASUU has repeatedly accused the government of poor funding and little commitment to the payment of academic earned allowance (EAA).
Others are the continued use of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) and the refusal to adopt the Universities Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS).
