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The Senate on Tuesday, at plenary, passed a bill to give legal backing to the establishment of the Nigerian Army University, Biu in Borno. Chairman of the Committee on Nigerian Army, Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno South) said the passage of the bill followed a clause-by-clause consideration of the report of the committee. Ndume said the committee, while undertaking legislative work on the bill, took into consideration “areas that are in conflict with other extant laws, those that have security implication and those that are ambiguous.”

According to the lawmaker, the bill, if passed into law, will promote research and other means of advancement of knowledge and its application to military hardware and software, among others. He said that the institution would cater for the development of middle and high-level manpower in the area of technological empowerment for civilians, appreciation of military policies, logistic and strategies.

Meanwhile, the Senate also called on the Federal Ministry of Education to intensify its sensitization and advocacy programmes; and engage traditional and religious scholars on the plight of Almajiri. The senate said the need to enroll them into the universal basic education system to address the issue of out-of-school children in the country.

The call was contained in the recommendations of the report of Sen. Akon Eyakenyi (PDP-Akwa-Ibom South), the Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education (Basic and Secondary). Eyakenyi said that “the Almajiris, who were predominant in the North, constituted the larger number of out-of-school children roaming the streets begging for alms and food in Nigeria.

The lawmaker said the the Almajiri pupils were covered by the intervention policy and programmes of the Federal Government through Universal Basic Education Act, 2004. “The implementation of the UBEC Act, 2004 requires maximum collaborations with the State Governments and indeed the domestication of the Act through the State Legislatures,” she said. She said that Nigeria had obtained 611 million dollars from the World Bank Financed Programme-Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) – as a credit to specifically address the problem of Out-of-School children.

The lawmaker, however, stressed that the optimal operation and implementation of the BESDA Programme, as being implemented by UBEC in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education, required the efforts of all stakeholders to succeed.

SOURCE: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/07/senate-passes-nigerian-army-varsity-bill/

The same Almajiri's that are used as headcounts for inflating election figures? Future impossible terms.

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Buhari my real niggarrrrrr

As a real niggarrr sha
You don't concentrate all army academy or rather army school in one region
One don first dey Kaduna abi na Zaria
Another for borno
He nor fair na....this life nor just balance

It is now obvious that we have nut cases in the hollow chambers ...what is really wrong with these bunch of idiots..why set up another military university when you have NDA, the Armed forces command an staff college Jaji amongst others which are degree awarding institutions that can always be properly equipped, funded and also have their curricula expanded to accommodate what they are proposing there.


Its obvious we have lost our way...a country with a rubber stamp assembly, a glorified appendage of the executive
arm where legislators pursue contracts like business men at the very detriment to those they hoodwinked into ascending to such positions.

Obviously for a certain region’

90 to 10 percent admission process as usual

Army bow no be job . I rather die on top of a woman, thank you die serving the Nigerian army.

Which rubbish Army??

Audio Army!!!......we don't have Army.

The news posed to be: SENATE PASSES BOKOHARAM UNIVERSITY BILL..

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Cash out mode activated. FG will still borrow more fund to finance the project. Yeye dey smell

This one na another NDA scam, heaven go fall before average man pikin get admission

Of what use is this when our men are dying at the battle field. What not revamp the top echelon of the military and fund the artillery and intelligence unit.

Must every military institution be based in the North?

Hope this will prevent them from dying like flies??


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Odogwu, well-done

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That's a good great development

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Ok. It is noted.

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Nice idea to come up with an army university,however why always North,what happens to the southern part. Is it a security threat to have military institutes in the south.
Nigerian Defense Academy(NDA)in Kaduna,Nigerian War College,School of Strategic Studies,even the Police University Kano,Nigerian Military School Zaria,Nigeria Army School of Military Engineers Zaria,Now Nigerian Army University Biu. Nigeria I salute thee!

These members of national assembly are bunch of clowns and jesters. Why site the army university in north and why not in the South? NDA and air force schools, all in the north. Why?

Who go go that kind University. Where Army go come dey treat university students like secondary school students

I am not a tribalist but how can Nigeria Defence Academy be in Zaria and another Nigeria Army University be in Borno again?

Army university for military research is a welcome development. But I don't trust these politicians with their intention.

Bill pass na implementation go hard

Okay.