ASUU DETEST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S DECISION OVER UNIVERSITY COUNCILS
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) condemned the federal government's move to dissolve university governing bodies across the country on Thursday. The union urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reverse his outrageous decision to dissolve the councils without finishing their terms of office. Comrade Christopher Piwuna of the University of Jos, National Vice Chairman of ASUU, spoke while presenting a paper at an event honouring retiring lecturers at the Joseph Sarwuaan Tarka University Makurdi (JOSTUM), formerly known as the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM), in Benue State. "It is wrong to dissolve governing councils and transfer our councils' powers to the Federal Ministry of Education or the National Universities Commission (NUC) without due recourse to university laws," Piwuna stated. "It is also a disservice to the universities to allow a vacuum because mischievous vice chancellors and ministry officials could connive to ruin our