Prof. Muhammed Sanusi-Liman, Vice-Chancellor, Federal
University Lafia, says the institution spends not less than N84 million
annually on diesel.
Sanusi-Liman said this during an interactive session with
newsmen shortly after the 7th matriculation of new students on Thursday at the
university campus.
According to him, the institution depends solely on diesel
and spends about N7 million monthly to procure the commodity.
He expressed concern that the amount spent on diesel was not
sustainable as the Federal Government budgeted only N3 million monthly as
overhead for the institution
“We have been practically living on diesel since the
inception of this university. In a month, we spend about 7 million on diesel
yet in the same month, our overhead from the Federal Government is just
N3 million.”
He said that the Federal Government had advised managements
of all government-owned tertiary institutions to look inwards and enhance their
Internally Generated Revenue (IGR).
“What do we do? We had to look inwards. We established
consultancy services and remedial programmes; that one is helping us to solve
the issue of diesel and some problems here and there.”
He, however, gave an assurance that once the institution was
connected to the newly installed 33 KVA electricity transformer near the
institution, the problem of lack of electricity would be over.
The vice chancellor also told newsmen that the institution
was no longer owing backlog of salaries.
he said that all salary arrears owed staff had been paid to
sustain the industrial harmony enjoyed in the institution since its inception.
“We moved around to the Federal Ministry of Finance and
pleaded. They listened to us and assisted us.
“After pleading, they gave us part of our shortfall which we
used to pay all outstanding arrears.
“So, at the Federal University, Lafia, today, nobody is
talking of outstanding salaries,” he said. - NAN
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