Nigerian government has appointed
former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Prof. Peter
Okebukola; and ex-Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission,
Prof. Attahiru Jega, among those to review the country’s university system.
Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof.
Abubakar Rasheed, made this known in an interview with journalists in Abuja on
Monday.
He spoke after appearing before
the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND to defend the 2018
budget proposed by the commission.
Rasheed said: “The NUC has
constituted a high-powered committee of very credible senior academics.
“Most of the members of this
small committee are former vice chancellors, former executive secretaries of
the NUC and some had held positions like pro-chancellor, chairman of INEC and
minister of education.
“We have given them a six-term
reference to help us with the re-positioning of Nigeria’s university system.”
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