 The chairman, ASU chapter of the University of Ibadon, Professor Ayo Akinwale, has berated the federal government on its plan to establish additional 47 federal tertiary institutions across the federation. Professor Akinwale stated that the plant establishment is not in favor of the vast majority of Nigerians as midst of the already founded institutions lack funding to operate optimally. The professor made the statement while presenting checks to six indigent but brilliant students of the University of Ibadon UI recipients of 2023 indigent students scholarship award by the academic staff union of universities ASU University of Ibadon chapter. The union has been given yearly scholarships to brilliant but indigent students to ensure that they are supported to finish their education and contribute to the national and international development. The university don't explain that the federal government is yet to pay university lecturers salaries and allowances running into billions of Naira yet it is planning to increase the number of tertiary institutions in the country. Not a single cobalt was paid. The academic staff in the university has signed the salary as approved in the negotiated document in 2009. That's 15 years back. That's the salary that must be signed in the university. So what has been the reality? So perhaps we can't go back to the most sincere when you mention that. It is a one-off award so as to give other students opportunity of benefiting from it but it is a yearly award. Another set of students will win the 2024 ASU indigent scholarship award. ASU, I thank the union for this award and since it started in its target open students and I really appreciate them for this. Hello. Hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.