President
Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the governing councils of
23 out of the 40 federal universities in the country for a period of four
years.
The President
also approved the reconstitution of the Boards of 19 agencies and parastatals
under the Ministry of Education for a period of four years.
The Minister
of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, made these announcements in a statement
issued in Abuja on Friday, April 7, 2017.
According to
him, the institutions affected were those whose governing councils’ tenures
have elapsed or would expire on April 9 2017.
But the
decision did not affect the 12 new federal universities in Lokoja, Otuoke,
Gashua, Dustin-ma, Oye-Ekiti, Lafia, Gusau, Wukari, Kashere, Birnin-Kebbi,
Duste, and Ndifu-Alike-Ikwo, which were established by ex-President Goodluck
Jonathan.
In making the
appointments, he took cognisance of the requirements for membership into
governing councils which include among others, minimum of a university degree,
high integrity, and commitment to educational development of the country as
well as geographical spread.
He said,
“Pursuant to his powers under the laws establishing the federal universities in
Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the
governing councils of 23 out of the 40 federal universities in the country for
a period of four years, in the fist instance. The institutions affected are
those whose governing councils’ tenures have elapsed or would expire on 9th
April, 2017.
“Those not
affected by the re-constitution are the governing councils of the 12 new
federal universities which were inaugurated in March, 2016, as well as those of
the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and the University of Port-Harcourt
which were reconstituted in January 2017. The tenure of the Council of the
National Open University of Nigeria will elapse in January, 2018.”
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