President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, approved the staggered takeoff of six out of 14 public universities established in the twilight of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, who revealed this to State House Correspondents, said the choice of the universities — two colleges of agriculture, education and medicine each—was strategic to the skills-empowerment goals of the Tinubu-led administration.

The Buhari administration approved the establishment of no fewer than 75 universities, encompassing federal, state and private institutions within seven years.

However, Mamman said the Federal Government lacked the funds and qualified staffing to kick start all institutions at once as they are capital intensive.

He added that the Tinubu administration will be “conservative” in doling out approvals for the establishment of new universities.

“And then there are quite a number of universities and institutions which were approved in the last days of the last administration, which because of issues of funding, and even staff it may not be prudent to get these institutions to take off altogether at once.

“So Mr. President has directed we stagger their commencement, their takeoff so that the government can properly support them,” the Former Baze University Vice Chancellor said, after he briefed Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa.

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kennyz247:
After all this university wahala self, where is the job for the graduates?

masterflowx:

I don't even want to be hearing Buhari's name again. He k!ll Nigeria and Tinubu is burying her now.

Chiefpriestt:
Buhari was a failure but Tinubu is failure like no other

APCNig:



Tell us what your biological father has succeed in

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laivwire:
Not to beat a dead horse but the universities on ground are still on wobbly feet yet the administration is proposing new ones. Opening more institutions that'd be going on strike every 6 months.

There's nothing bad in having just 12 well funded and top tier universities in the country. Convert the rest to technical schools and research centers.

Raise the academic standards that only the best of geniuses gain admissions. Let the rest learn practical trade and business skills and establish businesses we are in dire need of.

That will mop up our vast population that is largely unemployed and close up the our demand-skill deficit.