Union blames FG’s insensitivity on technological development
The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has alleged that the Federal Government’s poor budgetary allocation to technology was responsible for poor development recorded in the critical sector.
It said budgetary allocation to the sector has consistently fallen below the UNESCO’s benchmark of 26 per cent.
The union said the low allocation to the sector is reason for the failure of any Nigerian university being ranked among the first 500 in the world.
The union, in a communiqué at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, urged the federal and state governments to give priority to budgetary allocation to the education sector. to make it functional.
In the communiqué by the NAAT’s General Secretary, Comrade Hamilton 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 union’s NEC also urged the 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.
