Federal Government Loan: NDU Lecturers Call On President TInubu To Take A Second Look

 

 

Niger Delta University Lecturers,  has called  on President Bola Tinubu to take a second look at the proposed loan scheme for lecturers, alleging  that it is a diversionary ploy by the Federal Government to improovish lecturers.

The Chairman of the ASUU-NDU, Comrade Lucky Bebeteidor Oyinkepreye,  who spoke during a protest  at the University premises said  that the protest  was to alert the 

Federal Government accusing  the  them of playing with  their  sensibilities with the proposed loans.

PThe ASUU-NDU, after an emergency meeting on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest, accusing the Federal Government of  persistent neglecting its long-standing demands and agreements.

The Lecturers  alleged  that the loan was a  deliberate  ploy to generationally bondage them.

The protesting lecturers were armed with placards with inscriptions such as "Federal Government should sign 2009 renegotiated agreement,    Federal Government should release already budgeted funds for the  revitalisation of public universities. Sustainable funding of our universities" and "Pay 25%, 35% wage awards".

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He said despite the subsisting 2009 agreement reached with the Yayale Ahmed Committee set up by the Federal Government, the Federal Government has refused to heed to the terms of agreement.

He said the lecturers have resolved that the Federal Government does not need to give lecturers loan because in every chapters of ASUU nationwide, there are existing cooperatives from which lecturers can draw loans," In NDU alone, we have two cooperatives which we can take loans from if need be.

"The FG does not even need to give us loan.A loan that is not even budgeted for.A loan that they want to use to divert monies from the TETFund to give to Academics.We don't want loans. They should just pay our outstanding 25 per cent and 35 per cent wage awards.

"This also goes to the State Government.They should pay us the remaining 19 months owed. The salary increase is what we want not loans."

 "They have succeeded in making our children (students) take educational loans for studies.Now they want to enslave the parents (lecturers) with loans."