NAAT calls for dissolution of Boards of Tertiary Institutions

The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has called for the dissolution of boards of governing councils of universities and other tertiary institutions.

In a communique issued at the end of its 30th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), NAAT urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to dissolve the governing boards of the federal tertiary institutions whose tenure had expired as well as those boards that are incompetent and corrupt.

The communique, signed by the NAAT General Secretary, Comrade Iyoyo Hamilton, said the President should dissolve these boards with a view to replacing them with competent members who are conversant with such institutions.

The association also advised the Federal Government to be more proactive in tackling the current recession in the country, so that Nigeria will quickly come out of it.

“Government may do so by providing the enabling environment for stable economy, and encourage more investment in the agricultural and solid mineral sectors,” the communique said.

NAAT also reinstated its full support for the implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) in the University system, saying that those university managements who are vehemently opposing its implementation within the system are doing so because of corruption.

Comrade Suleiman said the association supported the TSA because the policy will curb corruption, saying that was why some corruptly inclined officers within the system kicked against its implementation.