The National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria's proposal to pay the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) a minimum of N10,000 per parent in every academic section in an effort to stop the ongoing industrial action has been rejected by the ASUU.
In a recent interview, NAPTAN's public relations officer, Dr. Ademola Ekundayo, according to bendelnews, stated that the action was taken to help the Federal Government meet ASUU's requests.
ASUU's National President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, responded to the proposal by rejecting it during an appearance on Arise Television on Thursday. Instead, he advised the association to put more pressure on the FG.
"I believe that this organisation should be telling the government to carry out its duty," he stated.
They should exert pressure on the government to finance education in Nigeria using funds provided by Nigerian citizens, as is done in other nations.
"We cannot claim to be the educational behemoth of Africa while having the lowest standards.
There are students from Nigeria studying in Ghana, the Benin Republic, Togo, and other less developed nations, but no one is studying in any of these places.
"As a result, they ought to increase the pressure being applied by ASUU to get the government to give education top priority. The N10,000 is less significant than that.
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