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ASUU strike: Parents offer N10,000 support levy to varsities

Lagos—The National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) has sought to meet with the Federal Government over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

The Punch reports that the association is also proposing the payment of N10, 000 per session for each parent to assist government in making more funds available for universities.

NAPTAN’s Public Relations Officer, Dr. Ademola Ekundayo, disclosed this during an interview with The PUNCH on Tuesday.

Ekundayo lamented the continued closure of universities in the country, adding that parents were at the receiving ends of the disagreement between the Federal Government and ASUU.

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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