The Executive Secretary, NUC Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheeed, has stated that the essence of government’s efforts at empowering procurement officers was to strengthen their understanding of procurement, environmental and social standards and their usefulness as policy tools in resource utilisation.
The Executive Secretary, NUC Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, has said that continuous interventions in the Nigeria University System by the World Bank has transformed Higher Education in Nigeria into a result-oriented and global commodity.
The Environmental and Social Management Framework of the Africa Centers of Excellence for Development Impact Project was prepared in Nigeria by the Association of African Universities on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education.
Following the May, 2018 release of a pre-announcement letter to introduce the Africa Centres of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE Impact) Project, so that potential applicants could begin to develop their Proposals, the National Universities Commission (NUC) hereby calls for Proposals from all universities in Nigeria.
The Executive Secretary, NUC Professor Abubakar A. Rasheed, has challenged participants at the workshop on the proposed Higher Education Reform and Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) to proffer solutions to the lingering crises confronting higher education in Nigeria.