Asuu strike (2)

The threats of clamping down on the private schools are getting serious as  the Alumni Association of Madonna
University, Okija, has appealed to the students
association to put away the idea of turning on private schools in order for FG to respond positively to the demands of Lecturers on strike. The National President of the association, Mr.
Chima Achu in Abuja said that this move will only cause more chaos and lawlessness so he pleads to the federal government to let the private schools enjoy the benefits of education trust fund (  ETF ).   “I call on the federal government to include
private universities as beneficiaries of ETF. The
current restriction is an unfair treatment that is
inimical to the growth of education in Nigeria. The
ETF established in 1993 provides that all private
companies remit two per cent tax on declared
profits to give extra-budgetary support to public
higher education,”says Mr Achu “On the current ASUU strike, I call on ASUU to
sheathe their swords and call off the strike as the
federal government has made some concessions
by releasing funds both for infrastructural
development in the universities and also for their
accrued allowances,” he continued
he also went ahead to say that the belief that most of the students in private school are children of politicians is not true that less than 2% of the politician children are in private schools and so clamping down on private schools will only worsen the educational system in Nigeria.