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RSITIE VE S C NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION NI O U M L M A I S N S O I I I O O T T N N A A N N T H C E OU VI GHT AND SER MONDAY A PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY www.nuc.edu.ng th 0795-3089 12 April 2021 Vol. 16 No. 13 FG Inaugurates Audit Panel to Varsities he Federal Government universities, which therefore He, however, expressed the last week inaugurated necessitated the constitution of need for due process to be 38 visitation panels to T the panels to look into the observed in the exercise as the audit the federal universities and problems and proffer solutions. Perm. Sec. Arch. Sonny Echono (2nd left); Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed (2nd right); Executive Secretary, TETFund, Prof. Suleiman Bogoro (1st left); Director, Tertiary Education, FME, Mrs. Rakiya Gambo (1st right) rationale behind the set up was 4 other Inter University Centres not for witch hunting but (IUCs) in Nigeria. The Minister, who was aimed at monitoring the represented by the Permanent tertiary education in Nigeria as Speaking at the inauguration Secretary, Federal Ministry of their enabling laws provided ceremony held last week, the Education, Arch. Sunny for. According to the law, such Minister of Education, Mal. Echono, stressed that he was an exercise is to be carried out Adamu Adamu said that elated that five former heads of every five years. government was aware of the rot service accepted to serve as t h a t h a d b e s o u g h t t h e chair of some of the panels. He lamented that the exercise in this edition Rasheed UDUS Gets Solar Becomes Powered Electronic CILRMN Fellow Vehicle Charging Station Pg. 6 Pg. 7 EDITORIAL BOARD: Ibrahim Usman Yakasai (Chairman), Mrs. Offiong U. Edor (Editor), Ogbonnaya Okoronkwo, Francis Azu, Udey Felix, Muhammad Bukhari Musa, Aja-Nwachukwu Samuel, Sadiq Abubakar Enquiries: [email protected] 12th April, 2021 Vol. 16 No. 13 of constituting panels to visit bodies; accountability so as to bring universities had been abandoned • Examine the laws back the good old days when for the past 10 years due to e s t a b l i s h i n g t h e foreigners attended Nigerian negligence, hence the need for universities; and universities, while also the panel to be inaugurated in • Historical evolution of e n s u r i n g a h i t c h - f r e e order to carry out a pain-staking the university; university education system assignment. • Examine the security devoid of strikes. s i t u a t i o n o f t h e The terms of reference of the university and the In his remarks, the Executive newly inaugurated panel include processes and structures Secretary of NUC, Prof. reviewing the following: of discipline each of the Abubakar Rasheed mni, MFR, • Level of implementation university has in place, if FNAL, said that the panel of the last report; it is in line with the rule chairmen were selected Participants at the event • Leadership qualities of of law. because of their passion for the institutions; t h e d e v e l o p m e n t a n d • financial management of The Minister explained that 60 advancement of university the institutions; as well as days was the time frame for the education in Nigeria. to assignment to be concluded. He • Investigate the grants and a d d e d t h a t t h e f e d e r a l He affirmed that none of the loans for project; government was committed to chairmen lobbied for the post • E xa m i n e th e sta f f i m p l e m e n t i n g t h e f u l l but were rather approached to d e v e l o p m e n t recommendation of the report. help in salvaging the nation’s programmes; tertiary education system. He • Relationship of the This, he stated, was aimed at acknowledged that the panel institution with statutory laying a good foundation for w a s t h e h i g h e s t e ve r MONDAY BULLETIN | A Publication Of The Office Of The Executive Secretary Page 02 12th April, 2021 Vol. 16 No. 13 assembled in the country the nation. them. He expressed hope that government would put the Prof. Rasheed thanked the He also restated that the report to good use. Minister of Education for his exercise was a statutory exercise efforts towards repositioning and a profound one too In a vote of thanks, Director, higher education and applauded undertaken every five years. He Tertiary Education, in the all those who agreed to serve as urged the inaugurated panel FME, Mrs. Rekiya Gambo panel chairmen, secretaries and members to make a strong Ilyasu thanked the President members. He urged them to do recommendation at the end of for his love for education and their very best in the assignment the exercise. determination to reposition as the nation had bestowed on tertiary education in Nigeria. them trust and confidence. Responding on behalf of the She also commended the chairmen, Prof. Attahiru Jega Minister of Education for his The Executive Secretary, Tertiary e x p r e s s e d g r a t i t u d e t o energy and dedication to the E d u c a t i o n Tr u s t F u n d President Muhammadu Buhari, improvement of education (TETfund), Prof. Elias Suleiman GCFR, and the Minster of generally in the country. She Group photograph B o g o r o , s a i d t h a t t h e Education for giving them the pledged that the desired result constitution of the panels opportunity to serve and would be achieved in order to exemplified a credible process as pledged that they would advance university education most of the chairmen were endeavour to do their best to in Nigeria. academician who desired to serve justify the confidence placed on MONDAY BULLETIN | A Publication Of The Office Of The Executive Secretary Page 03 12th April, 2021 Vol. 16 No. 13 Rasheed Becomes CILRMN Fellow The Executive Secretary, National loan management to be included remained the only one basically Universities Commission (NUC), as a course in the universities so teaching purely accounting Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, mni, that academic gurus would look courses. MFR, FNAL, last Thursday at the contents to be included in received a delegation from the the curriculum. He asserted that Nigeria need Chartered Institute of Loans and more university as the 197 Risk Management of Nigeria He suggested that if risk and loan available today was still not (CILRMN) led by its President, Dr. Mrs. Nkechi Harriet Akubuiro on a courtesy call in his office. Welcoming the visitors, Prof. Rasheed disclosed that NUC was very willing to work with the Institute and other professional bodies in the area of knowledge dissemination. He noted that the visit was timely as the Commission was currently on the third phase of curriculum review using the online platform. He explained that on the Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed receiving the certificate of distinguished fellow of the institute from the President, CILRMN, Dr. Mrs. Nkechi Harriet Akubuiro completion of the review exercise, professional bodies and the private management were to be taught in enough. He stated that the sector would be invited to make t h e u n i v e r s i t i e s , h i g h e r nation’s carrying capacity was their inputs with a view to produce institutions such as University of very small when compared to a viable curriculum. L a g o s ; A h m a d u B e l l o universities in Egypt and other University, Kano; University of parts of the world with He lamented that the university, as Nigeria, Nsukka; University of comparative population. He Ivory Tower, was no more what it Maiduguri; University of Abuja stated that total enrolment in used to be. He explained that in and University of Port-Harcourt private universities in Nigeria the past 50 years the American should be considered. with a total of 99 was less than institutions had embarked on a 6%, showing that public review towards knowledge and He urged to them to look into universities still have the largest s k i l l s b e c a u s e o f t h e critical areas where they could number of students. acknowledgment that they were help students of insurance, inseparable. He reiterated that banking and finance as well as In her speech, the President of NUC had the sole authority as the economics, especially that of CILRMN, Dr. (Mrs.) Nkechi regulator of academic programmes insurance which had much to do Akubuiro, said that the Institute to ensure that universities prepare with risk and loan management. was established by the federal students for life after graduation. He added that the Association of government in the year 2012. National Accountants of Nigeria The objective include focus on The Executive Secretary urged the (ANAN) had floated a e d u c a t i o n , a d v o c a c y , management of CILRMN to bring postgraduate university which membership and networking. a proposal if they want risk and MONDAY BULLETIN | A Publication Of The Office Of The Executive Secretary Page 04 12th April, 2021 Vol.