The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the Federal Government to extend the seven-year moratorium on the issuance of licences for the establishment of new universities to the state government to prevent the total collapse of state-owned higher institutions.
ASUU Zonal Chairman, Kano Zone, Abdulkadir Mohammed, expressed concern over the proliferation of universities without proper funding, especially by state governments.
Abdulkadir condemned what he described as government propaganda, misrepresenting the status of the negotiations.
He criticised the persistent neglect of the education sector, warning that treating education as a commodity undermined national development and security.