On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu gave his approval for the gradual opening of six of the 14 public institutions built during the final months of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
The pick of the universities’ two colleges of agriculture, education, and medicine was key to the Tinubu-led administration’s aims for skill-empowerment, according to Prof. Tahir Mamman, the minister of education, who made this information public to State House Correspondents.
In just seven years, the Buhari administration sanctioned the creation of no fewer than 75 universities, including federal, state, and private institutions.
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The Federal Government, according to Mamman, lacks the resources and skilled personnel to launch all institutions simultaneously because they require a lot of capital.
The Tinubu administration, he continued, would be “conservative” in approving the opening of new universities.
“And then there are quite a few colleges and institutions that were recognised in the final days of the previous administration, but it might not be wise to get these institutions to start up entirely at once due of concerns with money, and even staff.
The former vice chancellor of Baze University informed Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa that the president had ordered that their start dates be staggered so that the government could adequately support them.
To come: more information
