Poor budgetary allocation affects Nigeria’s technological development — Union

The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has expressed displeasure over  low budgetary allocation to the education sector, which has consistently fallen below the UNESCO benchmark of 26%.  The union ascribed low allocation to the education sector to the failure of   any Nigerian university to be ranked among the first 500 in the world.  The […]

The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has expressed displeasure over  low budgetary allocation to the education sector, which has consistently fallen below the UNESCO benchmark of 26%. 

The union ascribed low allocation to the education sector to the failure of   any Nigerian university to be ranked among the first 500 in the world. 

The union in a communiqué reached at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting therefore urged the Federal and state governments to give priority to budgetary allocation to the education sector.

In the communiqué signed by NAAT General Secretary, Comrade Hamilton D.E. Iyoyo, the union said across the world, countries are budgeting hugely to improve their technological sector, stressing that Nigeria cannot afford to be left behind.         

The unions NEC also urged government to honour and implement agreements reached with unions, to forestall unquantifiable losses in man-hours, negative impact on the economy, and other losses occasioned by incessant strike actions.