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University Education Not For Everybody – Umahi
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University Education Not For Everybody – Umahi

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has claimed that university education is not for everybody. The governor stated that it would be unreasonable for President Muhammadu Buhari's administration to borrow in excess of N1trn to meet the demands of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. He stated these when he received a delegation from the Nigerian Police Trust Fund led by Dr Ben Akabueze, in Abakaliki, on Wednesday. His remarks follow the lingering strike by ASUU and other university-based unions. Recall that ASUU had on February 14, 2022, declared an industrial action. Umahi said, “Our basic problems in this country remain security, health and education. Let me say a little about education which is in our public domain. I think that our education system ...