The National Association of Academic Technologist (NAAT) has called on the federal government to employ and re-train academic technologists to meet the National Universities Commission’s (NUC) guidelines on technologist/students ratio.
The communique which was signed by the association’s General Secretary, Comrade Iyoyo Hamilton, observed with dismay the shortfall in personnel and overhead costs to the universities and other institutions of higher learning in recent months.
According to the statement, this has resulted in the institution having to go extra-mile to augment the deficit being experienced in the payment of salaries, just as they demanded that such deduction should be stopped without further delay.
On the agitations in the South-south and South-east, NAAT urged FGN to adopt dialogue in addressing the issues stating: “Dialogue will help in ensuring that the main stay of the economy, oil production, is not disrupted, thereby attracting local and foreign investors’ confidence to the economy.”
On the 2009 agreement, NAAT considered it unacceptable that seven years after FGN freely entered into agreement with the body, the agreement was yet to be fully implemented.
On the agitations in the South-south and South-east, NAAT urged FGN to adopt dialogue in addressing the issues stating: “Dialogue will help in ensuring that the main stay of the economy, oil production, is not disrupted, thereby attracting local and foreign investors’ confidence to the economy.”
On the 2009 agreement, NAAT considered it unacceptable that seven years after FGN freely entered into agreement with the body, the agreement was yet to be fully implemented.
NAAT, therefore, demanded that the agreement be fully and uniformly implemented by FGN, just as they urged government to expedite action in the renegotiation processes.
On the dwindling oil revenue, NAAT said: “Before the advent of crude oil as the main stay of our economy, different parts of the country were known for massive production of food and cash crops. With the decline of crude oil price,
“NAAT urges FGN to intensify efforts aimed at diversification of the economy in the areas of solid minerals, food and cash crop production.
On the dwindling oil revenue, NAAT said: “Before the advent of crude oil as the main stay of our economy, different parts of the country were known for massive production of food and cash crops. With the decline of crude oil price,
“NAAT urges FGN to intensify efforts aimed at diversification of the economy in the areas of solid minerals, food and cash crop production.
This will raise the prospect of jobs for the teeming unemployment youths.”
The association, while commending federal government on the establishment of the Needs Assessment Intervention Fund for the universities, which has assisted greatly in the renovation of dilapidated structures and building of new lecture theatres, laboratories.
They, however, observed that the non-release of the second tranche of the fund was greatly affecting the set goals of the project, hence NAAT urged FGN to release the fund without further delay.
The association, while commending federal government on the establishment of the Needs Assessment Intervention Fund for the universities, which has assisted greatly in the renovation of dilapidated structures and building of new lecture theatres, laboratories.
They, however, observed that the non-release of the second tranche of the fund was greatly affecting the set goals of the project, hence NAAT urged FGN to release the fund without further delay.
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