The Federal Government yesterday inaugurated the governing councils of universities, polytechnics and other federal tertiary institutions in the country.
The inauguration came barely one year after the government dissolved governing councils of all of its tertiary institutions, leaving them to operate without governing councils.
Recall that President Bola Tinubu had in June, 2023, shortly after being sworn in as president, announced the dissolution of governing councils of federal tertiary institutions.
Lecturers in the nation’s public universities had on June, 19,2024, picked hole in the failure of the government to appoint new governing councils, threatening to embark on national strike if government failed to do so within three weeks.
To avert the looming strike, the government immediately appointed the governing councils of all of its tertiary institutions.
Inaugurating the councils in Abuja yesterday, the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, said the event marked an important milestone in the quest to improve the education sector and re-engineer the governance structure of Nigerian tertiary institutions.
He expressed confidence that with the inauguration, the nation’s tertiary institutions would achieve a remarkable transformation for the benefit of the present and generations to come.
He, however, charged the new governing councils to get themselves acquainted with current acts of their various institutions, government policies, white papers (if any); circulars, gazettes and other relevant documents, relating to the institutions and those of general application in ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs.
Prof. Mamman said: “I, therefore, charge you to explore diverse funding sources, including partnerships with the private sector and international organisations, alumni, endowment and sponsored research to ensure financial sustainability of your Institutions.
”It is, however, imperative, that the limited funds allocated by government are judiciously utilised.”
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