The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has decried the neglect of the education sector, saying Nigeria ranks lowest in education budgets across the West African sub-region.

ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this at a One-Day Workshop organised by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in Abuja on Tuesday reiterating the union’s call for an upward review of education tax to 10 per cent, as it would increase TETFund funding from the current N600 billion annually to N3 trillion.

He singled out Enugu, Abia and Oyo states for earmarking more than 20 per cent of their budgets to the sector, and berated many Universities Vice Chancellors for their failure to carry necessary stakeholders along in the utilisation of TetFund allocation to their schools.