Thread by @fimiletoks

I attended a FG university, graduated as a Medical Doctor tuition free. Highest amount I paid per session to the university was about 20k for 8 sessions. Roughly 200k for a course that would have cost me about 4 million naira in a private University.

Thought it was free? No

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There is no free food in Freetown. The FG funded my education, subsidized my tertiary education with millions of Naira. I would have paid 4m to get that degree.

Multiply this by the number of doctors that have graduated over the years, engineers, lawyers etc.

Your education comes at a cost, the FG is taking billions in cost to educate some Nigerians, don't say FG is not funding education. They may not be doing so well but it is a huge burden.

I have been working as a doctor a decade, no loans on education..

How much have I paid back as taxes? Who will fund the coming generation with dwindling resources and rapid population growth. There is no free thing anywhere, somebody must pay for it.

What is ASUU asking for???

Multiply the average cost of getting a degree in private Universities by the number of students who get free tuition in FG universities and you will have an idea of what the actual cost is to the govt.
ASUU has no right to shut down the universities based on that agreement.

ASUU is well aware of the economic indices, from recession to slump in oil prices and marginal growth in revenue.

Sacrifices must be made till we can find a sustainable way to fund tertiary education.