The government’s insufficient funding for federal institutions has drawn harsh criticism from the Academic Staff Union of institutions (ASUU) Bauchi Zone, which links the issue to rising student dropout rates. ASUU vigorously opposed student loans, arguing that government subsidies would be a better way to assist students.
Recently, Comrade Lazarus Maigoro, the ASUU Bauchi Zonal Coordinator, voiced concerns about the negative impact of student loans on academic performance and the psychological stress they cause students during the Indigent Scholarship Award ceremony at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) in Bauchi. He underlined how important it is to offer grants in order to lessen students’ financial burden and avoid further academic obstacles.
