ABUJA – The Senate on Monday in Abuja agreed with recommendations by the Nationwide Universities Fee (NUC) for extra universities to be created throughout the nation.
The Pink Chamber’s resolution adopted requests by stakeholders within the training sector for the proposed Federal College, Okigwe in Imo State.
The requests had been aired at a public listening to organised by the Senate Committee on Tertiary Establishments and TETFUND.
Of their remarks on the public listening to, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Establishments and TETFUND, Senator Muntari Dandutse, sponsor of the invoice looking for for the institution of the Federal College Okigwe, Senator Patrick Ndubueze and the NUC Govt Secretary, Chris Maiyaki, referred to as for the institution of extra Universities in Nigeria to satisfy up with the demand for College training by thousands and thousands of Nigerians .
The NUC Govt Secretary in his presentation mentioned accessible statistics present big deficit of required variety of Universities in Nigeria .
“There are 275 Universities each public and Non-public for over 2 million potential college students looking for admission on yearly foundation.
“The implication is that on yearly foundation, out of the two million potential college students looking for for College admission , solely 500, 000 to 700, 000 are absolved , leaving about 1.3million out of the equation with attendant frustrations .
“Nigeria undoubtedly wants extra Universities , because the 275 present ones , are simply too insufficient for her inhabitants of 200 million .
“Indonesia, which additionally has over 200 million inhabitants like Nigeria , has about 2,000 Universities, to not discuss of Russia , Brazil , India with a whole lot of hundreds of Universities “, he mentioned .
He added that the required enlargement of regulatory and capability constructing for extra Universities , are already being put in place by NUC .
Earlier in his remarks , Senator Dandutse mentioned the proposed Federal College , Okigwe , would assist to make College Schooling , extra accessible to Nigerians in Imo State specifically and throughout the nation usually .
Senator Ndubueze in his personal remarks mentioned the proposed College will give Okigwe city the required transformation it deserved through the years being the one Province of the previous that haven’t been accorded federal presence not to mention made capital of a State like many others
