The Academic Staff Union of Universities has warned Bola Tinubu, the President-elect not to handle education like President Muhammadu Buhari did.

According to Punch, the Chairman of ASUU, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State Prof. Gbolahan Bolarin stated this during an interview.

Bolarin who is also a member of the National Executive Council of ASUU, Prof Gbolahan Bolarin, urged the incoming government not to emulate the regime of Buhari.

He said:-

“The first thing that one would expect from the next President is that university education must be a priority. No one should treat university education system with disdain that would make our students to stay at home for eight months because of governance failure.

“He cannot afford to treat academics like they are not humans the way the President is treating us.”

The PUNCH reports that public universities suffered from disruptions of academic calendar under the Buhari regime.

In 2020, universities were shut for close to eight months. Similarly, there was an eight-month disruption of academic activities in universities in 2022.