Francis Sardauna in Katsina
The Katsina State Government has faulted the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) claim of reducing the monthly overhead of the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (UMYU) from N16 million to N7 million.
The state’s Commissioner for Higher, Technical and Vocational Education, Prof. Abdulhamid Ahmed, debunked the union’s claim while briefing journalists in Katsina on Monday.
The Chairman of ASUU, UMYU branch, Murtala Kwara, had, in a press conference, decried the reduction of the monthly overhead of the Katsina State-owned University from N16 million to N7 million by the state government.
As a result, he said the institution faces severe financial challenges and could no longer sustain itself with the meagre funds allocated to it by the state government
But Ahmed, during the media chat, said the current administration of Governor Dikko Umaru Radda inherited the N7 million monthly overhead cost of the institution…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
