Buhari faults ASUU, alleges corruption in educational sector

President Muhammadu Buhari has faulted the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities over the prolonged strike that has kept millions of Nigerian undergraduates of school for over seven months.

Buhari who spoke during the 4th national summit on diminishing corruption in the public sector, held at the State House Conference Centre, Aso Rock, alleged that corruption undermines educational policies, investments and creates an unfriendly learning environment for young people.

Other dignitaries present at the event organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, with the theme ‘Corruption and the Education Sector’, were its Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; the Minister for Education, Adamu Adamu; and the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega.

The president claimed that University lecturers were complicit in undermining government’s investment in the educational sector.

“Incessant strikes, especially by unions in the tertiary education sector, often imply that government is grossly underfunding education, but I must say that corruption in the education system from basic level to the tertiary level has been undermining our investment in the sector, and those who go on prolonged strikes on flimsy reasons are no less complicit,” he said.

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