The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is now engaging in industrial action, and the National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) has requested a meeting with the Federal Government.
In order to help the government provide additional funding for universities, the parents are agreeing to pay a charge of N10,000 per session in order to support the union’s demands.
Dr. Ademola Ekundayo, the public relations officer for NAPTAN, revealed this in a Tuesday interview with Newsmen.
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While lamenting the protracted strike, Ekundayo claimed that parents were suffering as a result of the ongoing conflict between ASUU and the government.
He said, “We have submitted a letter to the Office of the Education Minister, seeking for audience where we hope to discuss a proposal.
“We are proposing a sum of N10, 000 per parent every session that will be directly paid to the universities. That will be our own contribution apart from other statutory payments in making more funds available to the universities.
“It can be called parent support levy for universities. We are at the receiving end of the industrial action. We plead with the ASUU and Federal Government to immediately resolve their differences.”
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