The National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria has begun engagement with the Federal Government over the lingering strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
The association, according to report, is making moves for possible payment of N10, 000 per session from each parent to assist government to make more funds available for universities.
The Public Relations Officer of the association, Dr. Ademola Ekundayo, said this during interaction with The PUNCH correspondent on Tuesday.
Lamenting the continued closure of universities in the country, Ekundayo said parents were at the receiving ends of the disagreement between the Federal Government and ASUU.
He said, “We have submitted a letter to the Office of the Education Minister, seeking for audience where we hope to discuss a proposal.
“We are proposing a sum of N10, 000 per parent every session that will be directly paid to the universities. That will be our own contribution apart from other statutory payments in making more funds available to the universities.
“It can be called parent support levy for universities. We are at the receiving end of the industrial action. We plead with the ASUU and Federal Government to immediately resolve their differences.”
Recall that ASUU has embarked on strike since February 14, making it six months old.
Some of the demands of the union include issues ranging from poor funding of public universities; lecturers’ payment platform to unpaid earned allowances as contained in the agreement it entered with the federal government in 2009.
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