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Malam Umar Adamu, Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Gombe State University (GSU) chapter, while speaking with newsmen on Monday in Gombe has expressed concern over the exodus of Nigerian students to other countries for studies.
“It is a shameful way if you discover the way Nigerians from undergraduate to post graduate students are leaving for other countries for the sake of studies.
“It is not because they have quality staff and other things.
“In Nigeria, we have all it takes to maintain standard in our universities but its because the government is not serious about putting things in the right way.
“A lot of people have left for other countries that give priority to education and this is leading to a very serious brain drain in our system,” he said.
He said the problems in the education system in the country was attributable to incessant and lingering crises in the sector.
The chairman advised government to honour its agreement with the union to restore confidence in the system.
According to him, what ASUU is asking for is not for selfish gains but aimed at revamping the sector in particular, to contribute to the development of the country.
“The lingering crisis has a very devastating effect in the educational development and general development of the country,” he said.
Academic activities at the state university are still paralysed as lecturers are yet to report to their duties.
“It is a shameful way if you discover the way Nigerians from undergraduate to post graduate students are leaving for other countries for the sake of studies.
“It is not because they have quality staff and other things.
“In Nigeria, we have all it takes to maintain standard in our universities but its because the government is not serious about putting things in the right way.
“A lot of people have left for other countries that give priority to education and this is leading to a very serious brain drain in our system,” he said.
He said the problems in the education system in the country was attributable to incessant and lingering crises in the sector.
The chairman advised government to honour its agreement with the union to restore confidence in the system.
According to him, what ASUU is asking for is not for selfish gains but aimed at revamping the sector in particular, to contribute to the development of the country.
“The lingering crisis has a very devastating effect in the educational development and general development of the country,” he said.
Academic activities at the state university are still paralysed as lecturers are yet to report to their duties.