Kebbi State University Is Collapsing Before The Government’s Eyes – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology has come out to say that poor funding could lead to the collapse of the university.

The Chairman of the union, Dr Abubakar Umar recently revealed this while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the university is currently facing a myriad of problems, including infrastructure decay, poor accommodation for lecturers, inadequate student hostels and none payments of earned academic allowances for 11 years.

He added that poor electricity in the university is hindering research works in the laboratory.

His words, “For over six years, lecturers of the university have not gotten promotion implementations not to talk of arrears and even when they get the promotion.

Sometimes, it takes almost a year before the implementation which was responsible for the mass exit of over 20 vibrant and intelligent academic staff.

Poor electricity in the university is hindering research works in the laboratory, hence the technical lab lays waste due to poor power supply which also affects the machines that are supposed to be operated almost daily to enhance productivity and increase academic research.

The size of the university workforce has increased but the structures are not only bad but insufficient to accommodate them.

The same thing is happening to students who had to stay off-campus in Jega or Birnin Kebbi the state capital daily to attend lectures, I am afraid if the university remains underfunded with decaying infrastructure it will collapse.”

WOW.