th ISSN 0795-3089 14 November, 2016 Vol. 11 No. 45 WWee araree onon CourseCourse - President Buhari at Edo University, Iyahmo resident Muhammadu B u h a r i h a s a s s u r e d PNigerians that the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government was on track to fulfill its major campaign promises of ensuring security, f i g h t i n g c o r r u p t i o n a n d unemployment. S p e a k i n g s h o r t l y a f t e r commissioning the new Edo State University, Iyahmo, and some buildings named after him on Tuesday, 8 November, 2016, the President emphatically stated that the Federal Government had rendered some measures of successes in all three key areas and a s k e d f o r p a t i e n c e a n d understanding on the part of the Muhammadu Buhari citizens. He lamented that for so President, Federal Republic of Nigeria. long “Nigeria has made the the price of oil had doubled from incumbent on the country to return mistake of building a mono- $100 in the last few years to just to the land and prospect for solid economy that was solely over $40 today. minerals in order to survive and dependent on oil and that the leave a good future for our country was now paying dearly as President Buhari said that it was children, adding that “this is a time We Must NUC Lists Explore Public Borno State Private University Partnership th in Varsities as 44 establishment State –Prof Rasheed Institution Page 2 Page 4 14th November, 2016 Vol. 11 No. 45 for hard work, this is a time for failure of the rain would have been a Governor Oshiomole was lucky to rebuilding Nigeria” and we “are recipe for disaster. have served his two terms and had p l e a s e d t h a t p e o p l e a r e engraved his name in gold, in the understanding.” The President had earlier on history of the State. Monday, commissioned a number The President expressed gratitude of projects executed by Comrade P r e s i d e n t B u h a r i a l s o to God for abundant rain this year Adams Oshiomole in Benin City, congratulated the Governor-elect. and the prospects for bountiful including some roads, educational Earlier, Governor Oshiomole had harvests. “If the rainy season had institutions and hospitals and thanked the President for doing failed this year, I shudder to think commended the outgoing Governor him and the State the honour of of what would have happened,” for the quality of the projects which visiting and commissioning the adding that with hunger and he described as very solid. He said projects. poverty being experienced now, President Buhari, assisted by Gov. Adams Oshomole, flankerd by Prof. Rasheed and the Vice Chancellor, Prof. E.O Aluyo commissioning the Admin Building named after him. President Buhari, Govs. Oshomole and Akinwumi, Prof. Rasheed, Dr. Oyegun and other dignitaries inspecting Facilities at the Science Laboratory MONDAY BULLETIN A Publication of The Office of The Page 2 Executive Secretary 14th November, 2016 Vol. 11 No. 45 We Must Explore Public Private Partnership in Varsities establishment –Prof Rasheed In the area of infrastructure, PPPs are a useful way to increase the funding available for constructing or upgrading school buildings and often yield better value for money than traditional public sector investments. In such partnerships, the government could contract a private company to build and or maintain school buildings on a long-term basis, typically 25 to 30 years. In this type of PPP, the private sector supplier assumes responsibility for the risk inherent in the ownership and efficient operation of the project's facilities. The ripple effect of the provision of good student accommodation, on student safety and reduction of vices is invaluable. Thus, this method, which has proven Prof. Abubakar Rasheed Executive Secretary, NUC successful in many OECD countries, exists to a lesser extent, he Executive Secretary, moral education, student discipline, in the Nigerian University System TN a t i o n a l U n i v e r s i t i e s quality of academic programmes (NUS) and ought to be encouraged Commission (NUC), Professor a n d a n o t i o n o f e l i t i s m . and strengthened further. Abubakar Rasheed, mni, MFR, Increasingly, the private university has said that with government's PPP model is creating competition The private sector can also play dwindling resources as a result of in the tertiary education market and very important roles in the rising competing needs from other competing more favourably with provision of cleaning, catering and sectors, it has become imperative the public sector for students. In medical services. These set ups can to further explore the public turn, forward-looking public in turn offer job and internship private partnership frontiers. He universities and government have opportunities to students within the stated this in a paper he delivered more incentive to react to this campus, particularly those who are as a Guest of Honour titled competition by increasing the self-funding or who are studying “Education as an Instrument of quality of the education that they programmes related to these areas. Change: Exploring the Public provide. Inherent in this level of partnership Private Partnership Frontiers, at is an entrepreneurial focus, which the Commissioning of Edo State We are often asked if there are other universities are lacking, primarily University, Iyamho Uzaire Edo possibilities for PPP in university due to the long tradition of over- State, on Tuesday 8 November, education. The answer would be in dependence on government for 2016. the affirmative. The continuum of funding and direction, limited the extent to which government can enterprise functionality of He said: “The argument in favour partner with the private sector can academic publications, which of private universities continue to r a n g e f r o m p r o v i s i o n o f tends to make universities' research b e s t r e n g t h e n e d b y t h e infrastructure, staff development, outputs unattractive to the private aforementioned reasons as well as student training and internships to sector and policy makers. the stability of the academic teacher training, management and calendars in private universities, curriculum design. MONDAY BULLETIN A Publication of The Office of The Page 3 Executive Secretary 14th November, 2016 Vol. 11 No. 45 The Executive Secretary added tool for well-informed policy employing staff, seeking approval that: the situation thus calls for the formulation to foster growth and for its proposed academic deployment of another level of innovation. programmes as well as meeting PPP called the Triple Helix Model. o t h e r r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r The Triple Helix Model is Private sector input in curriculum commencement of full academic premised on the understanding that design is also an area that can be activities. universities, industry and explored further. The NUC set up According to him, the proposal government (Triple Helix) possess the Labour Market Observatory inspires hope that more room certain capabilities which they Project as a feedback mechanism to would be made for the teeming c o u l d e f f e c t i v e l y a n d guide curriculum review in the population of Nigerians who collaboratively deploy for national universities. The organised private desire university education. NUC, growth and development, while sector, as part of the project, is however, currently studying the maintaining their primary roles provided some needed guidance finer details of the proposed and distinct identities. and basis for determining the model, bearing in mind the courses, programmes and number complexities inherent in the Nigerian HEIs, particularly of graduates required by the establishment, administration, universities, are expected to in a economy and to ensure that management and financing of strategic position to pave way for graduates ease faster into the universities. These thorny issues the country's transition into the workforce. he lamented if not resolved, could knowledge age. In this process, pose some challenges in the future. government leadership is critical It is important to state here that we in ensuring effective policy are also seeing the emergence of For example, the Visitors to the framework and implementation another kind of proposal for PPP in Federal, State and Private mechanism to guide towards the university education in Nigeria. Universities are clearly the creation and sustenance of critical T h r e e s t a t e g o v e r n m e n t s President, the Governor and the mass of world class educational approached the NUC at the tail end Board of Trustees, respectively. In institutions capable of generating of 2015 with proposals for t h e p r o p o s e d p a r t n e r s h i p relevant knowledge required by partnerships between the states and arrangement, NUC is keen to the industry and the society at p r i v a t e e n t i t i e s f o r t h e ascertain the persons who will large. This dynamic connectivity e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f p r i v a t e such a statutory role, the selection favours the transfer of knowledge universities.