The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the Federal Government cannot stop funding universities in the country as it is constitutional.
Osodeke stated that it is constitutional for the Federal Government to fund universities in reaction to a statement credited to Minister of Education Prof. Tahir Mamman, that the Federal Government will grant full autonomy to universities to explore new ways of funding its activities.
The ASUU president, in an interview with ChannelsTv stated that there is no way the Federal Government of Nigeria would say they would not fund public universities because it is there in the law.
He further stated Section 18 of the constitution stated that university, primary, and secondary are free, noting that the only problem is that it is not judicable.
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