NUC Seeks Vice Chancellors Support To End ASUU Strike

The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, has urged Nigerian universities’ Vice-Chancellors to help government end the current strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Rasheed made the call in Abuja on Monday at the 2022 Retreat for Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities and Directors of Inter-university Centres.

He described university education as fundamental to the success of any economy.

According to him, nations all over the world explore teaching, research and community service to the development of technical resources for the development of aspirations and goals.

He, therefore, said that there was a need to put in place measures, identify challenges and come up with solutions to reposition the university system.

He added that the commission had been involved in a comprehensive curriculum review and had created many new academic programmes in the university system.

Also, the Minister of State for Education, Mr Goodluck Opiah, urged the vice-chancellors to maintain their key role in ensuring adherence to their mandate.

Opiah urged the vice-chancellors to manage the day-to-day administration of the universities, by working with the university’s council and the government to promote the fortune of the university education.

(NAN).