Buhari Inaugurates Governing Council Of Nine Federal Universities
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, 1 March, 2016 officially inaugurated the newly appointed chairmen of Governing councils of nine federal universities in the country.
The nine Federal Universities boards inaugurated by President Buhari includes the Federal Government Universities located in Bayelsa, Kogi, Katsina, Kebba, Yobe and Oye-Ekiti.
Represented by the Minister of Education, Engr. Adamu Adamu, the President urged the new appointees to help the Federal Government achieve its goal of improving the standards of education in the country.
Buhari said as young higher institutions, the universities will take a centre stage in the agenda of the APC-led Federal Government in the years ahead. Buhari congratulated the new appointees, saying they were carefully selected because of the pedigree and competence.
on behalf of chairmen, a former Senator and first daughter of the late strongman of Kwara politics, Gbemi Saraki, said she and her colleagues considered the appointment as a privilege and a call to service.
She assured the President that during their time in office, the young universities will experience a facelift. She said the boards will give vent to the laudable programmes and manifestos of the APC in the education sub-sector.
Present at the event is the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Unwuliri, Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof Julius Okogie, Registrar Jamb, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFUND, Sen. Binta Mazi-Garba and the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Joseph Daudu Elerin Of Adanla Minister Tunji Ajanaku Bukola Ajikobi Kassim Babamale Ilorin General Hospital Abdulwahab Ololele Bankole Omisore Ahmed Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement Playing Host Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf Abdulazeez Uthman Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara Femi Gbajabiamila Sunday Popo-Ola Donatus Ejidike Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed Lawal Arinola Kudirat Vasolar Olusegun Adeniyi Monsurat Omotosho Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke Ilorin Central Mosque Abraysports FC Rotimi Atere Offa YAKOOYO Egbewole Chief Imam Of Lafiagi AbdulHamid Adi Amos Justus Sayo Okin Biscuit Olomu Issa Baba Royal FM Segun Adeniyi Abraham Ojo S.O. Opowoye Kayode Zubair ASKOMP Monkey Pox Presidential Election Femi Oladiji TETFUND Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa Ali Ahmad EndSARS Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd Zainab Abass Babatunde Idiagbon Sulu Babaita Isiaka Naira Redesign Al-Ilory Yusuf Lanre Badmus Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet Taofeeq Olateju Olohungbebe Bello Taoheed Abubakar Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency Shuaib Olarongbe Kale Bayero Galland Marcias Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye ARMTI Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir Rabiu Kwankwaso Kwara State Sports Commission Kishira Monthly Sanitation Exercise Idowu Laro Tinubu IQRA College Musbau A. Akanji Nagode

