The Senate, on Thursday, passed the City University of Technology Yaba Bill, 2018 for second reading.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the bill essentially sought to transform the Yaba College Technology in Lagos State, to the City University of Technology Yaba. ”Nigeria’s steady march towards education for all in the shortest possible time has taken a giant leap with the introduction of this bill.
Citing instances, the lawmaker noted that in similar circumstances in the United Kingdom, most of the polytechnics were upgraded to universities.”If Nigeria has plan to become one of the world’s leading economies as currently being pursued by government, we must be ready to adjust and position our educational institutions so that its products are geared for the technological challenges inherent in such projections,” he said.
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