Last Wednesday, I had the same feeling when I found my humble self at a function organised by Malam Hassan Gimba and his baby venture, Neptune Prime, at Ladi Kwali Hall, Sheraton Hotel, Abuja. It was one gathering too many. Journalists, policymakers, politicians, academics, philanthropists and ace administrators graced the event that started with a lecture on cervical cancer, the threats it poses to entire the humanity and how to combat it.
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Prof. Haruna explained that preparatory to taking off as a university, TETFUND had provided a conducive environment for learning for staff and students.
Also passed for concurrence were three other bills namely, Nigerian Council for Management Development Bill, 2022; Animal Health and Husbandry Technologists Registration Board (Establishment) Bill, 2022; and Federal Medical Centre Billiri, Gombe State (Establishment) Bill, 2022.
“Votes don’t count is the big lie politicians sell to those whose votes cannot be bought so that only those whose votes can be bought will come to the polling units”, he noted.
Bogo stated this shortly after inaugurating some projects at the Plateau State University, Bokkos Friday.
Also passed was the Federal Universities of Technology Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
A statement signed by the Special Assistant to the Senate President (Press) Dr. Ezrel Tabiowo, stated that bill was passed Tuesday, after the upper chamber considered a report by the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND.
The passage of the bill titled, “A Bill for an Act to Repeal the Federal Colleges of Education Act, 1998”, followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND.
The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Aviation.
The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof. Suleiman Elias Bogoro, and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Kashim Ibrahim Imam, both gave the commendation at an event in Abuja to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the federal government agency established in 2011 to disburse, manage, and monitor education tax to government-owned tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
Buhari, who identified funding as a major problem confronting the Nigerian university system and as well the primary basis of incessant industrial actions in the ivory towers, said his administration had “consistently paid serious attention to the issue of university funding”.
The upper chamber also retained a closed ballot system of voting for the election of the President of the Senate and the Deputy.
He stated this at a two-day capacity building workshop by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund on Monday in Abuja.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, made this known at the 45th Convocation Ceremony.
The bill was sponsored by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North).
Tagged: “The Nursing and Midwifery (Registration etc) Act, CAP N143 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, (Amendment) Bill, the piece of legislation was sponsored by Senator Hassan Mohammed Gusau.
The reports were presented by Senator Nora Daduut on behalf of the Chairman, Committee on a tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, Senator Ahmad Babba Kaita.
Lawan spoke at an investigative hearing by Senate joint committee on education (Basic & Secondary) and Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND on the utilisation of the funding proposed and budgeted for the Safe Schools Initiative, including monies, supports and donations received from foreign government and agencies.
The passage of the Federal Medical Centre Owutu Eda (Establishment) Bill, 2021, followed the consideration of a report by the House Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary) at plenary on Tuesday.
First, from me. It is a huge debt I should hasten to defray on account of Professor Oloyede’s uncommon capability to indulge his own ‘ayanfes’ across generations, professions and all, in spite of whatever may be their imperfections but not without registering his disciplined preference for pleasant manifestations of ingenuity, hard work and creativity. He also keeps manifesting all of these qualities which obviously have helped him raise stakes in all his recent positions of high responsibilities