Tag: VCs

Deputy Speaker Kalu urges VCs to make Nigerian Universities self financed

Emporium Reporters

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has charged Vice Chancellors of various universities in Nigeria to leverage the contributions of the alumni association and other endowment funds to finance education. He said those are the innovative funding models that will provide the financial stability needed to propel the universities to greater heights. Kalu canvassed the views while delivering his goodwill message at the opening ceremony of the 61st anniversary and 36th Conference of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) themed 60 years…

NCC restates Commitment to Fund Research as VCs attend Roundtable

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Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Adeolu Akande, has restated the commitment of the Commission to commit more funds to research and prototypes resulting from grants from the Commission to the academia. This was coming at the backdrop of the recent revelation that the Commission has committed more than N500 million in funding research across the Nigerian universities. Akande told a gathering of Vice Chancellors and Professors from universities in the southern parts of the country at a roundtable conference at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja,…