Category: Education

The Federal Government has placed a seven-year ban on the creation of new federal universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education across the country. The decision was taken at Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.   Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, who briefed State House correspondents after the meeting, said the moratorium would enable the government to focus on rehabilitating decayed infrastructure, recruiting and training qualified lecturers, and improving the capacity of existing institutions. He described the current expansion…

The Federal Ministry of Education has strongly debunked what it described as a “sponsored smear campaign” against the Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Aisha Garba, declared full confidence in her leadership and integrity.   In a statement released on Tuesday, the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, said the Ministry’s attention had been drawn to libellous media reports circulated by an unregistered group under the name Education Rights Activists Coalition (ERAC).   The group had accused Garba of administrative misconduct and disregard for the rule…

The Great Ife Alumni Association has congratulated three distinguished alumni of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, on their election as Fellows of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), the foremost body for humanities scholarship in Nigeria.   In a statement signed by the Association’s Global Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the Global President, Barrister Bunmi Falode, described the honorees as “worthy ambassadors of Great Ife and accomplished academic giants.”   The newly elected NAL Fellows are: Professor Gbemisola Aderemi Adeoti – Regular Fellow Professor Akinwumi Ogundiran – Overseas Fellow Dr.…