President Muhammad Buhari has announced the reconstitution of the governing council of federal universities in the country.
Also to be reconstituted are the governing councils of all federal polytechnics and colleges of education nationwide.
Boards of all parastatals under the Ministry of Education were also affected.
Buhari made this known yesterday in a message he sent to the 26th convocation and 35th anniversary of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State.
He said the Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu, “will release details of the reconstituted governing councils “at the appropriate time.”
Represented by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Adamu, Buhari accused some specialised universities for or failing to operate within the mandate they were given and therefore directed that all Federal Universities of Technology should return to their original mandates immediately.
He warned that from the 2018 academic session, those that failed to comply would not receive funding from the federal government.
Also to be reconstituted are the governing councils of all federal polytechnics and colleges of education nationwide.
Boards of all parastatals under the Ministry of Education were also affected.
Buhari made this known yesterday in a message he sent to the 26th convocation and 35th anniversary of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State.
He said the Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu, “will release details of the reconstituted governing councils “at the appropriate time.”
Represented by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Adamu, Buhari accused some specialised universities for or failing to operate within the mandate they were given and therefore directed that all Federal Universities of Technology should return to their original mandates immediately.
He warned that from the 2018 academic session, those that failed to comply would not receive funding from the federal government.
