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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 AA PUBLICA PUBLICATIONTION OF OF THE THE OFFICE OFFICE OF OF THE THE EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE SECRET SECRETARARYY www.nuc.edu.ng Bulletin st 0795-3089 21 December 2020 Vol. 15 No. 36 Govt. Will Honour Agreements resident Muhammadu government was committed to negotiation with the Academic Buhari, GCFR, has assured funding university education Staff Union of Universities Pall the university based- despite the present challenges of (ASUU) which brought to an u n i o n s t h a t t h e F e d e r a l revenue by providing specific end the 8-month industrial Government was committed to honoring her agreements with them, urging them to recognize the present economic challenges facing the country as they press home their demands. He gave the assurance at the 5th Special Convocation of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State, held last Tuesday at the Convocation Square. President Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of State for Education, Hon. Emeka N w a j u b a , s a i d t h a t h i s administration was committed to providing the needed change that Muhammadu Buhari would propel Nigeria from an President and Commander-In-Chief Federal Republic of Nigeria import-dependent nation to a production-led country, adding interventions through Tertiary action in the university system that a major way to achieve this was Education Trust Fund (TETfund), was a testament of government ‘s by bridging the gap between the N E E D S A s s e s s m e n t a n d resolve to continuously invest haves and have-nots through Revitalization Funds. resources that would enhance quality university education. the standard of university The Visitor further said that “the education in our road to This, he said, was the reason the concessions government made in economic emancipation”. He in this edition JAMB Awards ABU, Wukari, Fayemi Decorates Others N375m SLS as EKSU For Excellent Chancellor Performance UMYU Visits NUC on Proposed In Admissions Medical College 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] 21st December, 2020 Vol. 15 No. 36 stressed that getting Nigeria back stronger and better. investors in strategic academic on track was not rested on the areas”. shoulder of government alone, but President Buhari said that the 21st that all hands must be on deck to century is an era of partnership President Buhari congratulated pool resources together to make it and collaboration, saying that his the Chancellor of the University, happen. government was building bridges HRM Oba Michael Adedotun of friendships with other like- Aremu Gbadebo, CFR, the Alake According to the Visitor, mind nations of the world in of Egbaland, the Pro-Chancellor “universities have a critical role to play in this regard through research and innovation. But university cannot play that role when lecturers and other university staff embark on endless strikes every now and then rather than utilizing other more harmonious means of settling industrial dispute. The time we usually lose in these strikes could be channeled towards productive research and other worthwhile academic activities.” Hon. Emeka Nwajuiba He said that his administration had Rep. of Visitor diversified the economy of the mutual rewarding areas in order to and Chairman of Governing c o u n t r y t h ro u g h m a s s i v e quicken the spate of development. Council, Emeritus Professor investment in Agriculture and “We are thus, providing the Nimi Briggs and other members Solid Minerals to guarantee a conducive business environment of the University Governing sustainable economic future for the needed for local and direct foreign Council, Senate, Management citizens and future generations. He investments. I therefore urge and staff of the University for added that though, the nation Nigerian universities to take their commitment and efforts might be facing some hardship advantage of the goodwill our which, according to him, had presently, he assured the nation continued to reposition this university into becoming a force to be reckoned with in the comity of Nigerian universities and beyond. In his remarks, the Chancellor, Oba Michael Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, appealed to the Visitor and all the relevant agencies of Government to intervene in the abandoned projects of the university, stressing that the projects were awarded when the Group photo with representative of the Visitor, Hon. Emeka Nwajuiba (middle) after the university was established in convocation 2011 and after nine years, some that the government was on top of nation has with foreign of them, such as the main the situation and that in no distant governments to partner with administrative building and future, the country would come out international universities and library, among others had not of the present economic recession organizations and private been completed. MONDAY BULLETIN | A Publication Of The Office Of The Executive Secretary Page 02 21st December, 2020 Vol. 15 No. 36 to making Nigeria a better place. I their respective capacities. The chancellor observed that the therefore, appeal to all Nigerians, university was ravaged by especially the members of the He commended the Vice- windstorm in 2019, causing huge academia, to support the Chancellor, Prof. Chinedum destruction on its physical government in ensuring a smooth Nwajiuba and his team, for their infrastructure and appealed to the academic environment and better irrevocable commitment to National Universities Commission, (NUC) TETFund and other intervention agencies of the Federal Government to come to the aid of the university in this regard to avoid further dilapidation of the affected buildings. He equally urged the governing council, senate, management and Staff of the university to keep the flag of excellence and integrity flying in full mast, in order to build and sustain a university that would be globally recognized for the The VC (wearing cap) exchanging pleasantries with the rep. of the ES, quality of her research output and Mal. Ibrahim Usman Yakasai, Director Public Affair alumni. town and gown relationship”. excellence and integrity in all the activities of the university in Oba Gbadebo appreciated the He congratulated the new the past 4 years and ten months, efforts of President Muhammadu governing council, led by the Pro- which had made the institution Buhari-led government in striving chancellor, Emeritus Prof. Nimi a recognized and respected to diversify and reposition the Briggs, the senate, management citadel of learning in Nigeria Nigerian economy by investing in and Staff of the university for and beyond. Agriculture and infrastructure as making the convocation a reality. well as in education. “The He added that the vice- chancellor's determination' and commitment had taken the university to greater heights in all ramifications, especially in its robust and expansive academic activities and massive infrastructural development. “Looking back from where the university was when he assumed office in 2016 and where it is now, it is quite evident that a lot has been achieved in his tenure. As he concludes his period of service as vice-chancellor next Auditorium named after Prof. Abubakar Rasheed year, I am convinced that he would be leaving this university Government's bold steps in these He also felicitated with the with his head held high”. areas, especially in trying to resolve honorary graduands, saying that it the intractable issues bedeviling the was in recognition of their In his remarks, the pro- Nigerian University System (NUS) immeasurable contributions to chancellor, Professor Nimi are testaments of their commitment the advancement of society in MONDAY BULLETIN | A Publication Of The Office Of The Executive Secretary Page 03 21st December, 2020 Vol. 15 No. 36 Briggs, said that council, in the new university were destroyed by year and beyond, intended to do difficult times, “ our university has windstorm, taking a heavy toll everything in its power to ensure not been spared the effects of the on a number of facilities. We, that the university continued its strong disruptive forces that have therefore, appeal to the Tertiary disciplined and orderly growth in afflicted the NUS this year. I am of E d u c a t i o n Tr u s t F u n d all aspects of academia and course referring to the protracted ( T E T F u n d ) a n d o t h e r community participation so as to strike action by the Academic Staff intervention agencies of the concretize its position as a leading Union of Universities (ASUU) and federal government to come to light in the global academic the viral pandemic that stopped the aid of the university as it firmament. many in their tracks.” seeks to carry out a restitution of these structures”. He commended the Visitor of the He commended the vice- He advised the federal university, President Muhammadu chancellor, Professor Chinedum government to institute a policy Buharl, GCFR, the Chancellor, Nwajiuba for the work he had done that would ensure that staff of Oba Michael Adedotun Aremu in the university, “the most serious new public universities are Gbadebo, CFR, Okukenu IV, Alake public university; the university in prevented by law from engaging of Egbaland, the Executive the garden, descriptions by which in any industrial action for the Governor of Ebonvi State, Chief our university has come to be initial ten years of such new Engr.