Federal Government Will Position Universities To Produce Quality Graduates –Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 10, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will givemore attention to improving personnel and infrastructure of universities toproduce quality graduates, assuring that education will, henceforth, be a toppriority in development goals of the country.
President Buhari stated this when he received leadership ofAcademic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, led by Biodun Ogunyemi at the StateHouse, Abuja.
The President expressed the hope that effective andefficient operations of universities would go a long way in improving theeconomy, especially with focus on science and technology.
On her remarks, the Minister of Finance, Budget and NationalPlanning, Zainab Ahmed, said out of the 137,016 academic and non-academic staffmembers of the universities, 96,090 have been enrolled in the IntegratedPayment and Personnel Information System, IPPIS.
In his remarks, the ASUU President Ogunyemi said theeducational sector needed more federal government attention, noting that implementationof agreements over the years would go a long way in improving the quality ofeducation in the universities. He added that IPPIS violates the laws of thefederation, violates university statutes, and violates agreements between theFederal Government and ASUU.