Senate President David Mark on Thursday counseled the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to respect the agreement that led to the end of the six months old industrial action in order to avoid a repeat of the unfortunate saga.
Mark, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary,
Mr. Paul Mumeh, advised that the N200bn education fund lodged at the Central Bank of Nigeria vault for the purpose of addressing the decay in the universities, should be used judiciously to address the challenges in the universities.
He stated this when the President of ASUU, Dr.Nasir Fagge; his Vice, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi; and his predecessors, Dipo Fashina as well as Dr.Abdullahi Sule-Kano visited him. Mark urged them to do all that was required to return education to its former glory.
He restated that education remains the bedrock of any nation, which must not be compromised or toyed with.
He said, “Education is the foundation of any
development.
No nation toils with the education of its citizens. We must make our education strong and functional.
“We must strive to lay a solid foundation for our
future” He sympathized with ASUU on the death of its
former President Prof. Festus Iyayi and canvassed
a qualitative education as a mark of respect that
the late Iyayi did not die in vain.
