Academic Staff Union of Universities, Yola zone has strongly disagreed to the provisions of the Nigeria Tax Bills 2024, which pose a grave threat to the continued existence and effectiveness of Tertiary Education Trust Fund.
These provisions demonstrate a fundamental disregard for the critical role TETFund play in sustaining the quality of public higher education in Nigeria.
The ASUU disclosed this at the Press conference in Yola lead by Dani Mamman, the Zonal Coordinator.
Mamman, noted that Academic Staff Union of Universities played a critical role in establishing the Education Tax Fund Act in 1993, a landmark achievement that reduced from the state of education in the late 1980s.
While the 2011 amendment refocused TETFund on public tertiary institutions, the challenges facing Nigeria’s public universities remain severe.
Dani, urge the National Assembly, the government, and all stakeholders, parents, students, civil society organizations, traditional rulers, religious bodies and the general public to strongly oppose detrimental legislation.
According to him they must stand united to protect TETFund and ensure universities continue to serve as beacons of knowledge and innovation.
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