Enact laws that would make Education accessible to the downtrodden

Zonal Coordinator of Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities Professor Abdulkadir Muhammad has condemned the move by National Assembly to enact a law that Will ensure payment of school fees at University level in instalment.
Professor Abdulkadir Muhammed was speaking in an exclusive interview enjoined the legislators to be opened and sincere in addressing issues of national interest rather than beaten about the bush
The University Don who lamented the billions of tax payers money that were squandered by corrupt officials while the ordinary citizenry are wallowing in abject poverty drew the attention of crop of leaders on the state of Education in the country which he said is in camatose and hence needs collaborative effort with a view to be revatalized
The University noted while the children of the poor are at overseas studying those of the commoners are here at walking Helter skelter on how best to make ends meet
Digressing to the percentage allotted to Education sector in 2024 budget he explained that there was no any difference with what was earlier given during previous occasions describing the step as totally deceptive, uncalled for and nothing to write home about.
The zonal Coordinator maintained that looking at how the present Crop of leaders got sound education during their schooldays it highly unwised and amount to injustice to be given the go ahead of formulating draconian policies that were technically aimed at banning children of ordinary citizenry from acquiring the best of Education.
While on proliferation of both private and public Universities he said granting such licenses will not favour the sector
Professor Abdulkadir Muhammed explained that instead of doing so the Government could have boosted the state of the existing one as according to him are starved of funds, equipment, manpower, structure and above all the tutors are in dire need of training and retraining.
The zonal Coordinator of Kano office of the body posited that in their position as leaders of the union they would not stand akimbo and allowed Government to be introducing policies and programmes that are not geared towards fining tuning the sector but otherwise no matter the threat or pressure they would face.