Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has called the attention of the Presidency to beam his searchlight on Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of Nigeria universities in his fight against corruption, saying that there was massive corruption in the university system.
SSANU has also condemned militancy and terrorism ravaging many parts of country, stating that no country develops where there are security treats and has called on he Federal Government to do the needful to engage agitators in dialogue for peace to reign in the country.
The National President of SSANU, Comrade Samson Chijioke Ugwoke in his remarks at the association’s National Executive Council, NEC meeting, held at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, also urged the Federal Government to embark on training and retraining programme for the Nigeria police to reduce incidences of accidental discharge which had claimed the lives of innocent citizens.
The union called on the government to reduce the number of police escorts attached to politicians and political office holders to ensure that the police perform their constitutional duties for the good of the generality of Nigerians.
He further frowned at the attitude of some state governors who were on their second tenure on how they allegedly treat their people as second hand citizens and embark on programmes that have no direct impact on the people and even owed workers in the state for several months.
In a communique after the meeting which was signed by the association’s president, Comrade Ugwoke and the National Public Relations Officer, NPRO, Salaam Abdussobur, SSANU commended President Buhari in his efforts to rid the country of corruption but tasked him to shift the fight to the university system.
SSANU has also condemned militancy and terrorism ravaging many parts of country, stating that no country develops where there are security treats and has called on he Federal Government to do the needful to engage agitators in dialogue for peace to reign in the country.
The National President of SSANU, Comrade Samson Chijioke Ugwoke in his remarks at the association’s National Executive Council, NEC meeting, held at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, also urged the Federal Government to embark on training and retraining programme for the Nigeria police to reduce incidences of accidental discharge which had claimed the lives of innocent citizens.
The union called on the government to reduce the number of police escorts attached to politicians and political office holders to ensure that the police perform their constitutional duties for the good of the generality of Nigerians.
He further frowned at the attitude of some state governors who were on their second tenure on how they allegedly treat their people as second hand citizens and embark on programmes that have no direct impact on the people and even owed workers in the state for several months.
In a communique after the meeting which was signed by the association’s president, Comrade Ugwoke and the National Public Relations Officer, NPRO, Salaam Abdussobur, SSANU commended President Buhari in his efforts to rid the country of corruption but tasked him to shift the fight to the university system.
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