NSHA tasks Nasarawa varsity on admissions
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Keffi (Nasarawa State), Nov. 3, 2016 (NAN) The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has charged the state owned University to adhere strictly to stipulated admission policy and the law establishing the institution.
Mr Daniel Ogazi, the Chairman, the House Committee on Education, Science and Technology, gave the task on Thursday during an oversight visit to the university in Keffi.
He said that upholding the laws would not only bring peace but also avert unnecessary criticism against the management of the institution and improve the standard of education in the state.
“The aim of this visit is not to witch hunt the institution but to assess its 2016 budget performance with a view to addressing any challenge if discovered.
“It is only we the committee know the budget details or performance of the institution for the 2016 fiscal year that it will guide us on how to make budget for the institution for the 2017 fiscal year,’’ the chairman said.
Ogazi who lauded the achievements recorded by the management of the institution, however noted that lot still needed to be done by the government through the provision of adequate funds for recurrent and capital expenditure in order to avert unnecessary strikes.
He assured the institution of the committee’s readiness to address some of the challenges, saying that the legislature will do the needful on the review of the university law to conform to other public universities in the country.
The lawmaker also assured of members’ readiness to enact laws that have direct bearing on the lives of the people of the state and solicited for support to enable them succeed in the task ahead.
Prof. Mohammed Akaro-Mainoma, the Vice Chancellor of the university, had earlier said that the institution have recorded tremendous achievements in the areas of academic and physical developments.
“We have constructed lecture theatre halls, library complex and completed Mass Communication complex, among other physical developments; we are also happy to inform you that 17 courses have been fully accredited.
“But a lot needed to be done especially on the payment of the remaining 20 per cent Earned Academic Allowance (EAA), which is about N200 million, to lecturers and other allowances being owned the non-academic staff so as to avert strike,” he said.
The vice chancellor also called for more hostel development, improved funding and the need for the speedy completion of the three blocks of hostels to accommodate more students.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that on Oct. 12, 2015, the House recommended the immediate indefinite suspension of the Vice Chancellor over alleged irregularities in the 2015/2016 admission.
The lawmakers had insisted for an 80 per cent and 20 per cent admission policy in favour of indigenes and non-indigenes. (NAN)
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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola