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 Bulletin th 0795-3089 28 June 2021 Vol. 16 No. 22 FG Approves Five More Federal Varsities ---to upgrade technology varsities resident Muhammadu Also, the establishment of Buhari has approved the National Institute of Technology Echono also disclosed that the Pestablishment of five new ( N I T ) i n A b u j a a n d t w o president approved that four universities specialised in specialized universities in Health, e x i s t i n g U n i v e r s i t i e s o f technology and health to close the huge gap in the doctor-patient ratio as well as in medical research and production of pharmaceutical products. This brings the total number of federal universities to 50 and overall total to 201. A take-off grant of N4 billion each for the Universities of Technology and N5 billion each for the Universities of Health Science from the funding resources of TETFund has also been approved to ensure early take-off of the institutions. The Permanent Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education, Arch Sonny Echono who disclosed this on Monday in MuhammaduMuhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria Abuja said the president President, Federal Republic of Nigeria a p p r o v e d t w o a d d i t i o n a l Nutrition and Medical Sciences Technology located in Yola, University of Technology in to be located at Azare, Bauchi Akure, Owerri and Minna be Jigawa and Akwa Ibom states. State and Ila Orangun, Osun upgraded and equipped. State. in this edition FG Inaugurates Don't Employ UniAbuja, ACCI Committee on Graduates Partner On Research, NRDF Bill without Capacity Building NYSC Pg. 5 Certificate -DG Pg. 4 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] 28th June, 2021 Vol. 16 No. 22 H e s a i d , “ T h e t w o n e w g r a d u a t e s f r o m t h e s i x Universities of Technology will While noting that the presidents Universities of Technology, as be established in 2021 while the had promised to establish an well as other exceptional upgrade of the existing four apex National Institute of graduates from reputable Universities of Technology and Technology (NIT) in Abuja with universities within and outside the National Institute of six Satellite Universities of Nigeria,” he said. Technology will come on stream Technology, one in each geo- next year.” political zone of the country, he He however noted that the said the objective is to stimulate Federal Ministry of Education The Permanent Secretary said r a p i d t e c h n o l o g i c a l will collaborate with the Federal the specialized universities transformation of the country. Ministries of Health, Science would lay a solid foundation for a n d T e c h n o l o g y , building national preparedness “The Institute shall be patterned Communications and Digital and resilience in anticipation of after similar institutions in E c o n o m y , t h e F C T future challenges in the health Singapore and Malaysia to serve Administration as well as other sector while reducing medical essentially as a postgraduate r e l e v a n t a g e n c i e s a n d tourism to countries like India, centre devoted to research and Institutions to facilitate speedy UAE, Egypt, Europe and the innovation, drawing the best actualization of these Projects. USA. FG Inaugurates Committee on NRDF Bill The Federal Government has and tested lawyers, academics expectations from the outcome of inaugurated the National and industry leaders. your work because the Federal Research and Development “ T h e n a t i o n h a s h i g h Ministry of Education has Foundation (NRDF) executive bill committee, with a charge to propose legislation that will ensure a robust knowledge economy. Inaugurating the 11-man committee in Abuja, Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, said the committee would undertake one of the most important and meaningful assignments on behalf of the ministry and the country as a whole. Represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Sonny Echono, the minister called on m e m b e r s t o l i v e u p t o expectations in carrying out the assignment, stressing that boosting efforts in research and development would redefine the nation's path to a knowledge “The task of preparing a draft Executive Bill is not an ordinary Mal. Adamu Adamu job. It requires some of our best Minister of Education MONDAY BULLETIN | A Publication Of The Office Of The Executive Secretary Page 02 28th June, 2021 Vol. 16 No. 22 decided to demonstrate that we complete its assignment and and Development Standing h o u s e t h e h i s t o r i c a l l y - produce a report to be considered Committee (RDSC), expressed acknowledged leaders of by the ministry for “transmission delight that the committee would research, being the universities, to Federal Executive Council and churn out good draft proposals who with our polytechnics and e x p e c t e d l y, t h e N a t i o n a l based on experience and vast colleges of education, hold the Assembly, that is to approve the knowledge of members. task of redefining the path of Bill for presidential assent.” The committee's terms of Nigeria's knowledge economy, E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y o f reference include studying the without which we cannot be TETFund, Prof. Suleiman master-plan document for the competitive at the global stage. Bogoro, said the nation's establishment of NRDF in “It is expected that your intellectuals must take up its N i g e r i a w i t h a v i e w t o committee will fashion out the responsibility by promoting understanding its content; legal framework that will define ideas that would fast-track the reviewing the current enabling the place of Research and d e v e l o p m e n t o f N i g e r i a , law on research and development Development (R&D) as the main particularly in the area of with a view to proposing a draft parameter for measuring the research and development. legislation to National Assembly strength and sustainability of our Bogoro said while the military is on the establishment of NRDF, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), f i g h t i n g i n s e c u r i t y a n d proposing areas of cross-cutting which size adds up to nothing politicians are addressing the and cross-sectoral collaboration without injection of knowledge l a r g e r i s s u e s t h r o u g h w i t h r e l e v a n t m i n i s t r i e s , through problem-solving constitutional amendment, departments and agencies research.” intellectuals could chart a path (MDAs), and identifying other The minister said the committee, for the nation. salient issues necessary for the which is chaired by Prof. Auwal overall success of NRDF in B o g o r o , w h o d o u b l e s a s Nigeria. Yadudu, has four weeks to convener of TETFund Research Don't Employ Graduates without NYSC Certificate -DG Director-General National certificate of national service Yo u t h S e r v i c e C o r p , or exemption certificate. Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has asked employers He advised employers to not to employ ex-corps present the NYSC certificates members who do not present of their existing employees to an authentic NYSC certificate the scheme for authentication or exemption certificate. if need be. He spoke in Abuja last week during a legal aid workshop by He said the workshop would the scheme with the theme harness the potentials of corps ' E x a m i n i n g t h e L a w s lawyers for improved legal aid Regulating the Practice of lCT services to indigent members in Nigeria with Particular of the society and to harmonise Reference to Data Protection the operations of the Corps Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim Regulations. DG, NYSC Legal Aid Scheme nationwide. every employer has the duty to He cited the provision of the demand from any graduate a NYSC Act which says that MONDAY BULLETIN | A Publication Of The Office Of The Executive Secretary Page 03 28th June, 2021 Vol. 16 No. 22 UniAbuja, ACCI Partner On Research, Capacity Building The University of Abuja has While signing the agreement, this collaboration my total entered into a partnership with t h e V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r , support.