The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned that the tax reform bills initiated by the Federal Government would undermine the operations of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and weaken public university education in Nigeria.
Prof Timothy Namo, Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, disclosed this during an interview with journalists in Jos, Plateau State capital.
Namo called on the National Assembly to suspend the debate on the bills, noting that their passage would redirect more funds to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund), depriving TETFund of necessary resources.
He emphasized that TETFund has been instrumental in supporting infrastructural development, postgraduate training, research, and capacity building in public tertiary institutions across Nigeria since 1993.
ASUU has asserted that it would resist any move detrimental to TETFund’s operations.