Babalakin: FG Alone Can’t Fund University Education

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Wale Babalakin

Urges ASUU to return to the negotiation table

Olawale Olaleye

Following last week’s commencement of a nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over lingering funding issues, Dr. Olawale Babalakin, SAN, Saturday said the federal government could not afford to fund university education alone. Babalakin stated this yesterday in Lagos during a press conference at his office.

The senior lawyer is the chairman of the Implementation Monitoring Committee of the Agreements entered into between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the various unions of the Nigerian universities, namely ASUU, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU).

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