The speaker of the house of representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, claims that running a government-sponsored tertiary education is no longer practical.
After a seven-week break, the plenary resumed on Tuesday. September 20, 2022; Gbajabiamila addressed his colleagues and argued that the government’s sponsorship of tertiary education can no longer be sustained since it is no longer effective.
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Academic activity at public institutions were suspended in February when the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) went on strike.
Despite many meetings between the federal government and the ASUU leadership, no progress has been made in resolving the union’s demands.
He stated that parliamentarians must now get involved in the controversy surrounding the Federal Government and ASUU as evidence that the government-sponsored tertiary education system is “no longer operating” “abounds,” according to Gbajabiamila.
“The house must now interfere in the protracted dispute between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Disagreements over staff employment terms and university finance in general are the main causes of the current impasse.
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“It has long been recognised that the key to unlocking prosperity and enhancing social mobility outcomes in any country is access to education more than anything else. And we all concur that the government must play a part in ensuring that the young people of our country receive a quality education that will enable them to compete and prosper in the knowledge economy of the twenty-first century.
“Yet, evidence abounds that the current framework of government-sponsored tertiary education is no longer working as it should and hasn’t worked for a long time.
“Our immediate goal is to do everything to get our children back to school. However, the time has also come to begin a candid assessment of the current system and to consider all available options for complete reform. We owe this to our children and our nation’s future.”
