The Nationwide President of the Nigerian Union of Lecturers (NUT), Comrade Titus Audu Amba, has demanded that solely seasoned educationists needs to be appointed to go the schooling sector within the nation.
Talking to newsmen in Kaduna on Thursday, Amba mentioned failure of presidency in any respect ranges to place seasoned educationists in control of the sector has undermined the event of schooling in Nigeria.
“Till we’re capable of put the proper individuals on the proper place within the nation, we are going to proceed to have issues and issues won’t ever work the way in which we wish them to be,” he mentioned.
He lamented that the nation has a protracted technique to go in schooling, including that the sector want correct consideration from the federal government.
The NUT chief blamed the scenario on poor planning, lamenting that Nigerians hardly plan forward, a growth which he mentioned has affected all ranges of schooling within the nation.
Noting that educating is essentially the most relegated occupation within the nation, he mentioned the N30,000 minimal wage launched about 5 years in the past has not been loved by academics in some states.
Nonetheless, he famous that the current administration in Kaduna State has given academics a listening ear.
“The struggle l fought in Kaduna State has come and gone. In the present day, we’ve a listening governor, whom earlier than taking choice will hear and when you suggested him, he’ll take your recommendation.
“We weren’t having such in Kaduna, we had a terror who was seen to be a governor that doesn’t forgive,” he added.