The Federal Government has concluded plans to approve nine more universities.This will bring to 18 the number of universities it had approved in last three years.

The Education Minister, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, who announced this, also stated that the government had earmarked N1.3tn as intervention grant to its universities courtesy of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy Assessment Programme.

Shekarau stated this in Abuja while X-raying the Nigerian Basic Education Sector (2011-2015).

The minister said, “If not for technical reason, another nine would have been approved before now. Soon, we shall sort out all the outstanding issues and they will receive government approval. This will bring to 113 the number of universities in the country and 18 private universities approved in the last three years.”

The minister said that the NEEDS Assessment intervention grant was sequel to several deliberations between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

He explained, “We have persistent complaints from our universities about dilapidated laboratories and so on; then the government took the bull by the horn. President Goodluck Jonathan set up a committee to go round the universities on the platform of NEEDS Assessment which was conducted two years ago.

“At the end of the assessment, the universities came up with a bill of N1.3tn required to address the necessary need in public universities and the government accepted it. Since the government cannot dish out N1.3tn all at once, there is an agreement between the Federal Government and the leadership of the ASUU that the needs be addressed over a period of five years with a provision of N220bn every year.”

According to the minister, the NEEDS intervention is in addition to normal budgetary allocations to universities and TETFund interventions, among others.

On the incessant strikes by unions in the tertiary institutions, Shekarau said the Federal Government was trying to address the challenges.

He said, “I think we are making some progress on incessant strikes in the sector. We have succeeded in ensuring we have strike-free sessions in our institutions. We are determined to achieve this and the issue of strike would soon be a forgotten issue.

“This doesn’t mean there won’t be problems. There is hardly any sector where there is no problem but frank and strong discussions can resolve them. It is our hope that exchange of views would help us to be strike-free in this country.”

http://www.saharanewsonline.com/news/fg-plans-approve-nine-federal-universities/

The ones we de not well equipped yet you de setup more. Is there something wrong with these people?

egbami ke, Wen d ones we av are not well equipped, only God knows how they tink

Oga ooo, we never chop one finish, we don they giraffe our neck for another. Tho ones wey dey ground is not well managed, and we are vying 4 another one.
Nawa 4 we government oo

bigtt76:
The ones we de not well equipped yet you de setup more. Is there something wrong with these people?

Hypocrite, u'll complain the government is nt doing enough by nt creating more tertiary institutions, nw they are and u're spewing shiit again. Was rome built in a day?

bigtt76:
The ones we de not well equipped yet you de setup more. Is there something wrong with these people?

bad belle people don start again. una nor like better tin for una life?

LARRYDKING:


Hypocrite, u'll complain the government is nt doing much by creating tertiary institutions, nw they are and u're spewing shiit again. Was rome built in a day?

don't mind those evil people. they are just born to complain.

clueless people

Nutase:
clueless people

Give us reason(s) why they are clueless. What's wrong in having more schools to decongest the existing ones? This is another way of creating more jobs. If they don't do,u guys complain,when they are doing,some of you in grates stil complain

Ooops! I forgot the 40-man laptop team still in activated mode Nor vex yaaaa ...you bi Laptop Number gini?

clevvermind:
bad belle people don start again. una nor like better tin for una life?

Nor vex yaaaa ...you bi Laptop Number gini?

LARRYDKING:


Hypocrite, u'll complain the government is nt doing much by creating tertiary institutions, nw they are and u're spewing shiit again. Was rome built in a day?

bigtt76:
Nor vex yaaaa ...you bi Laptop Number gini?

Are u sure u wanted to quote me U must be on the wrong thread. Dunno what u're writing abt madam.

akatekpe:
Give us reason(s) why they are clueless. What's wrong in having more schools to decongest the existing ones? This is another way of creating more jobs. If they don't do,u guys complain,when they are doing,some of you in grates stil complain

They should maintain the existing ones which are in a state of decay.
Infact, there are other sectors that need that money like the Health and power sector.
BTW cant you have a civil debate devoid of insulting people because dia opinion differs from yours?

Nutase:
They should maintain the existing ones which are in a state of decay.
Infact, there are other sectors that need that money like the Health and power sector.
BTW cant you have a civil debate devoid of insulting people because dia opinion differs from yours?

Bros, does investing in education deprive other sectors of having their share in Nigeria's wealth? Building universities is a welcomed development, a step in the right direction.

Reading 2ru ur post, u can equally advise the government to scrap some varsities to enhance others but it shouldn't be so.

We have more than enough in this country to build more varsities and equip them to international standard and i believe we're getting there.

LARRYDKING:


Bros, does investing in education deprive other sectors of having their share in Nigeria's wealth? Building universities is a welcomed development, a step in the right direction.

Reading 2ru ur post, u can equally advise the government to scrap some varsities to enhance others but it shouldn't be so.

We have more than enough in this country to build more varsities and equip them to international standard and i believe we're getting there.

It is well. My prayer is that they will maintain these new varsities and not just open them for political reasons.

Wow nice feat