President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) Amendment Act, to allow the institution to operate as all other universities in the country.
With the assent, graduates of the NOUN can now participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the Nigerian Law School.
Presidential Assistant on National Assembly (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, announced the assent of the President while addressing State House reporters on Friday in Abuja.
Buhari has promised to increase the yearly allocation to education sector
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to increase the yearly allocation to education sector as the current five per cent to the sector was inadequate. He said the current allocation to the sector was too small to propel the desired growth of the economy and pointed out that the United Nations target of 26 per cent was ideal. He assured Nigerians that allocations to the sector would be improved as revenue increases and described education as a major engine for the development of any country.
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When approved the proposed Federal Polytechnic, Daura, would be the first federal institution in Katsina North Senatorial District, according to promoters of the bill. The bill, being sponsored by Sen. Ahmed Babba-Kaita, was initiated by his immediate predecessor, Sen. Mustapha Bukar, who died early this year. Also featuring at the public hearing were bills seeking the establishment of the Federal University of Education, Aguleri, Anambra, and the National Institute of Construction Technology and Management, Uromi, Edo. They are being sponsored by Sen. Victor Umeh (Anambra Central) and Clifford Ordia (Edo Central) respectively.
JUNE 12 declared as DEMOCRACY DAY
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that effective 2019 Nigeria’s Democracy Day, marked every May 29 for the past 18 years, be shifted to June 12 to honour Moshood Abiola, the winner of the 1993 presidential election.
Election data showed Mr Abiola won the polls but he was never formally declared winner and was not sworn into office by the military government of Ibrahim Babangida.
Mr Abiola was later imprisoned by the Sani Abacha’s military regime as he struggled to actualise his mandate. He died in prison in 1998.
Successive governments have brushed aside calls for Mr Abiola to be honoured and for the federal government to recognise June 12 as democracy day.
The Buhari government said Mr Abiola will now be conferred with nation’s highest honour, the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic, GCFR. The honour is exclusively conferred only on presidents and former presidents.
The government also said Mr Abiola’s running mate in that election, Babagana Kingibe, is to be conferred with the second highest honour of the Grand Commander of the Niger, GCON.
Also to receive a GCON is the late Nigeria’s foremost pro-democracy activist, Gani Fawehinmi.
Buhari directs Ministry to convene summit on education
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education to convene a ministerial summit on education within the next few weeks.
The president gave the directive on Saturday in Ilorin, in his address at the 33rd Convocation of the University of Ilorin.
The president was represented by Prof. Abubakar Abdulrasheed, the Executive Secretary of the National University Commission (NUC).
He explained that reason for the summit is to tackle major problem facing the education sector.
Source: premiumtimes