The House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education and Services last Wednesday held public hearing on nine proposed tertiary institutions. In his opening remarks, the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Aminu Suleiman Goro said the public hearing was also to consider amendments to Acts of six federal universities.
The Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Tukur Buratai disclosed that the Federal Executive Council has approved two billion take off grant for the Nigeria Army University, Biu Borno State. Stating that efforts were put in place to access the approved funds from Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).
The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, mni, MFR, FNAL, FPSN has charged the Vice-Chancellors of Nigeria Universities to publish names of lecturers found wanting over allegations of sexual harassment of their students.
The Executive Secretary,TETFund, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, has called for the establishment of a statutory committee to be known as State Services Higher Education Board of Advisors (SSHEBA), with membership of key stakeholders from Intelligence Corps (IC) and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) as a way of strengthening the relationship between them.