The Senate on Thursday rejected a bill proposing the establishment of Maritime University of Nigeria, Lokoja.

Igbere TV reports that the bill which was listed for second reading at plenary, was sponsored by Senator Isaac Alfa (PDP, Kogi).

Our correspondent at the National Assembly Complex reports that the bill was rejected by lawmakers through voice vote.

While making their contributions, the lawmakers had advised the sponsor of the bill to withdraw it following several reasons including the need for more work to be done.

Alfa however, refused to withdraw the bill, saying he had done a lot of work on it.

He instead urged the lawmakers not to attach geographical location and other sentiments to the bill.

On his part, Senator Barau Jibrin (Kano North) noted that there was a new federal university in Lokoja, while suggesting that the proposed maritime university should be sited in another riverine community of the same state.

Adding his voice, Senator Olusola Adeyeye (APC, Osun), said there was no need for the university, adding that universities across the country were poorly funded.

“You create universities and get under funding. I will continue to oppose every new university until old ones are funded.

“Let the universities in the maritime areas create maritime faculties. We should not embark on 419 for our children until old ones are funded,” Adeyeye said.

Senator Biodun Olujimi (PDP, Ekiti), therefore, called on the sponsor of the bill to withdraw and do more work on it.

President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, thereafter, put the bill to a voice vote and the nays had it.

http://igberetvnews.com/643970/senate-rejects-bill-seeking-to-establish-new-university/

Maritime university in Lokoja??

Isaac Alfa must be joking.... guess he doesn't know the full meaning of MARITIME....

These guys in the senate have been slamming this Isaac Alfa left right and center. First they rejected his bill to make Kogi an oil producing state, now this! Na wa o!

The ones wey dey dem never fund am well na to dey establish anoda one join

Hmm

stupidity at it's peak....parasites everywhere

This country men good thing in the senate they will not sign it

When the ones on ground are sub standard and below par.

That's how they keep creating what they can't maintain. Nonsense.

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.“You create universities and get under funding. I will continue to oppose every new university until old ones are funded.

Nice one. Old ones are not funded, going on strikes with every giving opportunity and you still wanna create another one with avenue to loot some allocated money for it.

They create universities just for political gains.
Funding and quality education , with the eight infrastructures becomes a problem.
Federal University Lokoja should just add Maritime faculty , and that's all

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We don't need new universities

The old ones are too expensive to maintain

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Maritime university in Lokoja??

Isaac Alfa must be joking.... guess he doesn't know the full meaning of MARITIME....

lokoja is where the two main Rivers meet, so yes it has water. Yes, I support the rejection based on funding reason

A bill without any inducements can't pass through our legislooters

New university.... Everybody wants to own a university... To raise great men and women or to make big money

Dino shd have sponsored d bill na, is he not representing lokoja and also a padi padi of Bukola?

maintain the one on ground first before opening new ones

JubrinElSudan:
lokoja is where the two main Rivers meet, so yes it has water. Yes, I support the rejection based on funding reason

Maritime without shipping? Or the students will be ok by studying dug out canoes of lokoja?. Let the federal university in lokoja start a maritime faculty first.

They keep creating universities without proper funding, and education keeps degrading in this nation as each day elapse despite the huge number of universities established. who are we deceiving in our educational sector?