Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has asked the management of the state-owned Niger Delta University (NDU) to explore other revenue sources to fund itself.
A statement sent through the office of Dickson’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said the governor insisted that his administration would no longer sustain the existing funding system because of the present poor financial situation of the state.
The statement said Dickson spoke in Government House, Yenagoa, when he met with the Governing Council and principal officers of NDU.
The governor said a situation where the state government’s monthly subvention of about N480million was spent on recurrent expenditure was unsustainable.
He expressed concern over the bogus wage bill of the university and the need for its leadership to be prudent in the use of funds.
He said his administration religiously provided the school’s funding until January this year, to enable the institution gain some degree of financial autonomy.
On the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the state chapter of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), Dickson appealed to the striking lecturers to call off their action and join hands with the government in proffering solutions to the issue
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