RSITIE VE S C NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION NI O U M L M A I S N S O I I O T N A N T E HO IC UG ERV HT AND S MONDAA PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Y www.nuc.edu.ng th 0795-3089 27 January, 2020 Vol. 15 No. 4 Time To Save LAUTECH —— Prof. Rasheed tells Oyo Gov. h e E x e c u t i v e any sign of resolving its lingering crisis that bedeviled Secretary, National problems, adding that this was the institution. TU n i v e r s i t i e s the reason NUC was happy that Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar A. Rasheed mni, MFR, FNAl, has expressed concern over the unending crisis and unresolved problems of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), saying that “it is time to save the institution.” Welcoming the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Oluwaseyi Makinde in his Office, Prof. Rasheed said that it was saddening that in the last 15 years the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology had not been able to reach its potentials “which is very unfortunate.” The Executive Governor, Oyo State, Engr. Oluwaseyi Makinde with the Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Abubakar A. Rasheed The NUC boss said he saw no Prof. Rasheed lamented that the Governor of Oyo State was reason why two states could LAUTECH was not showing serious in resolving the in this edition NUC Chair Nigeria, Netherlands JAMB Registrar Advocates More To Partner In Decries Nigeria's Low Education Investment Funding For Varsities Education Development Pg. 6 Pg. 7 Pg. 8 EDITORIAL BOARD: Ibrahim Usman Yakasai (Chairman), Mal. Haruna Lawal Ajo (Editor), Ogbonnaya Okoronkwo, Mrs. Franca Chukwuonwo, Miss Bunshak T.S, Francis Azu, Udey Felix, Aja-Nwachukwu Samuel, Sadiq Abubakar Enquiries: [email protected] 27th January, 2020 Vol. 15 No. 4 He said that what LAUTECH Governor of Oyo State n o t r u n L A U T E C H should be talking about today Engineer Seyi Makinde said successfully and advocated was the number of foreign his government believed in that the Oyo State government students and staff in its education and that education should take over the school and institution not where a Vice- was the focal point of his fund it properly, while Osun Chancellor would come from. administration and that was State government should take the reason he set up an over the Teaching Hospital. According to Prof. Rasheed, Advisory Committee on The Commission would be funding shouldn’t be a problem LAUTECH chaired by willing to advice Osun State if the Oyo State government Professor Ayodeji Omole. Government on how to Meeting session desired to fund LAUTECH they establish to run a successful could do so. He noted that he was aware of medical school using the LAUTECH’s problems even teaching hospital. Professor Rasheed also before he became the advocated for a tripartite Governor and one of his He further stated the NUC meeting between Oyo, Osun campaign promise, was to would invite the leadership of and NUC and thanked the look into the crisis of the the school to hear from the Governor of Oyo State for his institution and solve it. Management of the institution effort in trying to resolve the and also from Management of crisis in LAUTECH. He said that the problem of the Teaching Hospital. LAUTECH started when it In his response, the Executive Page 2 A Publication of The Office of The Executive Secretary 27th January, 2020 Vol. 15 No. 4 was politicized by a former The Governor said that since he brain drain as most Lecturers Governor of the State but that came into office 26 percent was are leaving. he was now ready to follow devoted to education in Oyo due process in resolving the State. He said that LAUTECH is institution’s problem because really in crisis, NUC should the only thing the people of The Executive Governor said he please intervene and help the O g b o m o s o h a s i s t h e believed that NUC was the final university. institution. arbiter concerning the problem of the institution a and said that Present at the meeting were: He said that he tried to engage he was in the Commission to Professor David Kehinde the Governor of Osun State on seek for NUC’s help in Sangodyin, Commissioner for how to solve the lingering resolving LAUTECH’s crisis. Education; Senator Hosea Gov. Makinde and Prof. Rasheed (6th and 7th left) in a group photograph with some members of NUC Management problems and the initial idea Agboola, Chairman Advisory was for Oyo to fund the Committee; Honourable P r o f e s s o r O m o l e , t h e institution from January – June Busari Olafemi, Director C h a i r p e r s o n L A U T E C H and Osun State from July – General Oyo State Liaison Advisory Committee pointed December “but it turned out office and Taiwo Adisa, Chief out that once upon a time the that Osun State was defaulting Permanent Secretary. institution’s students were the on its payment and most of its best, but now the students are (Osun) money goes into the NUC Directors present were: idle which had increased the teaching hospital.” N o e l A b i o d u n S a l i u , level of insecurity, the Directorate of Academic institution is going through a Page 3 A Publication of The Office of The Executive Secretary 27th January, 2020 Vol. 15 No. 4 Planning; Samuel Onazi, D e v e l o p m e n t a n d A b b a , D i r e c t o r a t e o f Finance and Accounts; Esther Entrepreneur; Lawan Farouk, Establishment of Private Adesina, Directorate of Open Directorate of Research University and John Mairafi, D i s t a n c e E - L e a r n i n g ; Innovation and Information Deputy Director, Corporate Constance Goddy-Nnadi, Technology; Lauretta Achor, Services. D i r e c t o r a t e o f S k i l l s Directorate of Students; Aminu NUC Chair Advocates More Funding For Varsities T h e C h a i r m a n , N U C Professor Banjo stated this "Severe underfunding also Governing Board and former during the 10th Sigma Club affects the quality of Vice-Chancellor of the Public Lecture in honour of infrastructure, which in turn, Professor Biyi Afonja, at the affects welfare and aesthetics university. in universities", he said. Professor Banjo, who was the "Given the unwelcome chairman of the occasion, said features in universities, it is that without adequate funding, hardly surprising that the education sector would not between the staff members have the quality of laboratories and their employers, and and libraries comparable with between the students and others globally. their vice- chancellors, there is recurrent unease." Prof. Ayo Banjo Chairman, NUC Board U n iv er s ity o f I b ad an , Emeritus Professor Ayo B a n j o , h a s a d v o c a t e d increased funding for universities in the country, noting that underfunding was part of the challenges facing the university education sector. Page 4 A Publication of The Office of The Executive Secretary 27th January, 2020 Vol. 15 No. 4 Nigeria, Netherlands To Partner In Education Development The Government of Nigeria was particularly urged the Dutch agricultural methods like open and willing to partner G o v e r n m e n t t o c o n s i d e r agricultural extension services, foreign investors that were ready partnering with its Nigerian irrigation, green houses, to intervene in the nation’s counterparts in developing these amongst others. education sector, the Permanent sectors, especially agriculture. Secretary, Federal Ministry of He said that the current focus of Echono also solicited the Education, Arch. Sonny Echono the present administration was on assistance of the Dutch has said. Government in advancing the growth and use of Information He disclosed this recently when a n d C o m m u n i c a t i o n a team from the Netherlands Technology (ICT) in Nigeria. Institute of International He noted that the world is Relations, Clingendael, led by getting digitized and there is a its Director-General, Monika Sie need for Nigeria to move with Dhian Ho, paid him a working the trend. visit. The permanent secretary He stated that Nigeria and the bemoaned the large number of Kingdom of the Netherlands uneducated youths in the would need to explore areas of country, and urged the institute collaboration in the education to consider supporting the drive sector as a way of deepening of the present administration to both countries' longstanding encourage the acquisition of r e l a t i o n s h i p . W h i l e vocational education and skills. acknowledging that the visit was a welcome development, Arch. Speaking earlier, the General Echono said that the country Arch. Sonny Echono Director of the Institute, would gain a lot from the Perm Sec. FME Monika Sie Dhian Ho, said that partnership. He said there were harnessing the agricultural sector the team was sent by the Dutch many aspects of the education to ensure the development of the government to find areas "of s e c t o r t h a t n e e d e d t h e country and ascribed the slow collaboration with the Nigerian intervention of investors which pace of the sector's growth to the Government to help its i n c l u d e d a g r i c u l t u r a l , use of obsolete technology and developmental efforts.