President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised more emphasis on education as well as his administration’s support for all young tertiary institutions to enable them take root and have a sound foundation as they grow.
The president made the promise in a speech delivered at the second matriculation and investiture ceremony of the pioneer chancellor of the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Babura in Jigawa State.
He said: “The federal government on its part, along with its agencies, is leaving no stone unturned to, within the challenges of the times, give as much support as it can to all young tertiary institutions to enable them take root and have a sound foundation as they grow”
Represented by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, President Tinubu noted: “You may recall that two additional Universities of Technology were created in July 2021 by the Federal Government: one in Ikot Abasi in Akwa Ibom State for the South-South geo-political zone and one here in Babura, Jigawa State for the North-West zone”.
He added that this brought to six the number of federal universities of technology in the country, one for each geo-political zone, in addition to two universities of Health Sciences in Azare, Bauchi State and Ila Orangun, Osun State.
“These initiatives had many policy objectives, including expanding access to higher education to more of our teeming youths, national manpower development to meet the needs of our expanding population and economy, improving delivery of critical medical services to Nigerians, as well as ensuring equity in distribution of educational and professional training opportunities to all parts of the federation.”
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