You’ve revealed mental state of APC, Buhari govt – ASUU carpets Fayemi for saying Profs earn more
Ekiti governor, Kayode Fayemi for saying that Nigerian university
professors earn same salary of N500, 000 as state governors or even
more.
The union stated that the utterance had shown the mental state of
those in the current government of President Muhammadu Buhari and his
party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Fayemi had on Monday criticised the decision of ASUU to embark on
strike, insisting that tertiary institutions in the country had fared
better under President Muhammadu Buhari.
Fayemi said this in Paris at the end of the President's interactive
session with Nigerians living in France.
He said; "If you talk about tertiary education, ASUU is on strike, but
you ask yourself, why is ASUU on strike. ASUU claimed that it is on
strike because it wants improvement in the fortunes of education in
Nigeria and that government has not lived up to expectations.
"I made bold to say that no government has done as much as this
government has done, not just for ASUU, but for tertiary education in
our country.
"But ask yourself what was the average wage in the University system
before. A university professor earn more than me as a governor. My
salary as a governor is N500,000. Most university professors earn
about the same amount, if not more.
Firing back, ASUU Chairman in University of Ibadan, Dr. Deji Omole
said education budget before President Buhari took over in 2015 was
above 10 per cent but was worsened by retrogressive allocation that
took 2018 education budget to six per cent.
He noted that a newly promoted professor in the Nigerian Universities
earns below N400, 000 and will only be able to receive N500, 000
monthly after ten years of becoming a professor, adding that this
included all allowances.
ASUU said it would be proud if President Buhari during the many
presidential trips abroad attracts any foreign scholar with the
'poverty wages' he pays Nigerian lecturers.
"It is sad that someone, who is living on the state resources with his
families and countless aides, with juicy salaries will not be
circumspect in thought. Fake news and propaganda has been the
trademark of the ruling APC.
"Fayemi's utterances revealed the mental state of those ruling us. We
challenge him to publish what a university professor earns as salaries
and allowances and what governors earn and allowances.
"If lecturers earn more than governors why did Fayemi run away? Fayemi
should tell the world how much he spent on capital grants to EKSU
during his first sojourn in office.
"EKSU as it is now is more of Tetfund University which was a product
of ASUU struggle. He should rather be grateful to ASUU for the regular
bailout from Tetfund. ''Fayemi is one of the brain drains the struggle
is trying to address because if the university learning environment
are conducive enough, Fayemi would have stayed in the academia rather
than playing politics of destruction.
"Nigerians should ask him why he failed to pick up the appointment
offered him as an associate lecturer by University of Ibadan Senate?
ASUU has not made monetary issue the main issue but her members are
entitled to allowances owed them since 2010. We are more concerned
with a revitalised university that is adequately funded to attract
foreign scholars.
"Fayemi should attract an international professor and offer to pay him
$1500 per month and let us see how many of them he can bring to
Nigeria. A person who bought nomination form for N22.5million to
become governor and spend billions to campaign, with his party listed
among those who bought votes, Fayemi should tell lies to his party men
who are not discerning," ASUU said.
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