Jega, Olanipekun, others make list of council members for 111 Nigerian tertiary institutions

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The list of the members of the governing councils of various higher institutions of learning comprises five names each for 50 universities, 37 polytechnics, and 24 colleges of education.

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But in response to the threat, the Federal Ministry of Education said the concerns were being addressed, noting that the list of the council members would soon be released.As released by the Federal Ministry of Education and signed by its Permanent Secretary, Didi Walson-Jack, the list comprises five names each for 50 universities, 37 polytechnics, and 24 colleges of education.

It’s essential to acknowledge that news production incurs expenses, and we take pride in never placing our stories behind a prohibitive paywall.The immediate-past Executive Secretary of NUC, Adamu Rasheed, who resigned from office a few months into his second term in office, was also named to chair the governing council of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State.

Meanwhile, in his address to the media recently, the ASUU president, Emmanuel Osodeke, a professor of soil science at the Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, described the dissolution as illegal and contrary to the Universities Miscellaneous Act. ASUU noted that it would reconvene in two weeks to review the situation and “take a decisive action to address the issues.”“Nigerians should hold the federal and state governments responsible if the matter of governing councils is allowed to snowball into an avoidable industrial crisis,” it said.

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