The Federal Government says it remains unwavering in its commitment to reforming the country’s education sector.

President Bola Tinubu made this known in Lokoja in an address at the sixth and seventh combined convocation ceremony of the Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State.

The President said he believed that financial autonomy and strategic partnership with the private sector was key towards achieving the needed reformation of the education sector as well as eradicating distrust caused by strikes among tertiary institutions workers .

Tinubu, who was represented by the Minister of Special Duties, Zaphaniah Jisalo, noted that his administration was inspired by the visions of the Federal University, Lokoja to become one of the top ten institutions in Africa with a mission to train employable graduates.

He lauded the management of the University for their efforts at ensuring a steady growth of the institution, noting that it had progressed from eleven programmes to fifty three programmes across all faculties.

In his address at the occasion, Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, said he had dedicated thirty percent of the budget to education in view of its important role in the development of an egalitarian society.

Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Folashade Arike Ayoade, the governor explained that Kogi State University of Science and Technology, Osara and Kogi State University, Kabba, were established to address the university education needs of the people of the state.

Earlier, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Olayemi Akinwumi, disclosed that a total of 2738 students graduated with 61 of them bagging first class degrees.

Akinwumi said some land mark achievements were recorded in the areas of infrastructure, noting that the absence of critical infrastructure and essential services remained a major challenge to the growth of the university.

The vice chancellor therefore solicited the assistance of the Federal Government to develop the campus to make it conducive for work, teaching, learning and research.

LeoDeKing:
Reports like this are poisons to handle mops.

They will soon start spitting saliva all over the places.

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EyeCumInPiss:
Someone that graduated from Govt College Lagos in 1970 before it was established in 1974, wants to reform education.

I laugh in balablu bulaba.

Esther125:


https://.ng/2023/10/22/tinubu-reiterates-commitment-to-reforming-nigerias-education-sector/

Esther125:
https://.ng/2023/10/22/tinubu-reiterates-commitment-to-reforming-nigerias-education-sector/

eluquenson:
REVISITING SOME OF THE LATEEF JAKANDE'S GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENTS FROM OCTOBER 1979 TO DECEMBER 1983 (FOUR YEARS AND 3 MONTHS) IN LAGOS STATE

* His government built the current Lagos State Secretariat which houses all the state ministries as well as the popular round house hitherto occupied by all subsequent governors of the state.

* His government built the Lagos State House of Assembly complex.

* His government built the Lagos State Television

* His government built the Lagos Radio

* His government built Lagos State University

* His government established General Hospital in zones all over the state with assurance of free health care.

* His government established Teacher Training College and the College of Education.

* His government built low cost houses in Ijaiye, Dolphin, Oke-Afa, Ije, Abesan, Iponri, Ipaja, Abule Nla, Epe, Amuwo-Odofin, Anikantamo, Surulere, Iba, Ikorodu, Badagry, Isheri/Olowu, Orisigun etc.

* His government established the Water Management Board and Waste Disposal Board on the 18th of August, 1980.

* His government constructed the Adiyan Water Works to increase water supply in the state to 18.16 million litres per day.

* His government modernized and expanded the Iju Water Works which was first commissioned in 1915. This increased daily capacity from 159 million to 204 million litres per day.

* His government purchased and commissioned the giant car crusher equipment. The equipment was designed specifically to crush derelict vehicles in Lagos State. It had the capacity to crush 45 vehicles per day.

* His government constructed, rehabilitated and resurfaced Epe/Ijebu-Ode Road, Oba Akran Avenue, Toyin Street, Town Planning Way, Alimosho-Idimu-Egbe Road, Idimu-Iba-LASU Road, the new secretariat road and several others.

* His government constructed Victoria Island/Epe Road and thereby creating an ‘oil rig’ for Lagos State.

* His government established Asphalt Plant for the Department of Public Works.

* His government established Electricity Board for Rural Electrification with provision of street lights.

* His government modernized, expanded and commissioned Onikan Stadium in 1982.

* His government established a singular school system and ensured genuine free education in Lagos State and the beneficiaries of this policy are in different positions of eminence in the country and around the world.

* His government raised the primary schools in Lagos State to 812 with 533,001 pupils (against 605 primary schools with 434,545 pupils he met in 1979) and secondary schools to 223 with 167,629 students (against 105 schools with 107,835 students in 1979).

* His government constructed 11, 729 classrooms with the maximum of 40 children per class between March and August 1980, by 1983, he had constructed over 22,000 classrooms.

* In July 1983, two commercial passenger boats christened "Baba Kekere and Itafaji" to run the Mile 2 - Marina (CMS) route via the lagoons were inaugurated by his government to mark the official launch of the Lagos State ferry services.

* His government took over the ownership and financing of Lagos State Printing Corporation in July 1980

* His government established the first State Traffic Management Authority (Road Marshals).

* His government established small scale Industries Credit Scheme which preceded the EKO bank.

*His government established LASACO Insurance.

*His government expanded existing market and built new ones.

*His government established Traditional Medicine Board.

WHO SAYS 4 YEARS IN OFFICE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR MEANINGFUL ACHIEVEMENTS?

IT'S A FACT THAT 90% OF GOVERNORS IN NIGERIA SINCE 1999 WITH REVENUES AT THEIR DISPOSAL CANNOT BOAST OF A QUARTER OF THESE ACHIEVEMENTS EVEN WITHIN THEIR EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE.

LeoDeKing:
Reports like this are poisons to handle mops.

They will soon start spitting saliva all over the places.

Las las, no agulu packaged fraud will smell aso rock.