The National Universities
Commission (NUC), has said that it had not ranked the nation’s universities in
the last 14 years, and declared that claims to that effect were “simply fake’’.
Prof. Abubakar Rashid, its
Executive Secretary, in an address at the 3rd Combined Convocation of the
Bingham University, Karu in Nasarawaa State, urged members of the public to
disregard recent rankings said to have been done by the NUC.
“The purported ranking published
in the conventional and social media is false, fake and not from the NUC. It is
meant to deceive members of the public and should be disregarded,’’ Rashid
said.
Rashid, however, said that the
NUC would soon carry out the ranking to determine the true status of the
universities, adding that the exercise would represent a true assessment of the
schools by the NUC.
He challenged Nigerian
universities to put more efforts into research so as to proffer solutions to
the nation’s myriad of problems.
The NUC boss commended ECWA
Church, the proprietor of Bingham University, for tackling the crises that hit
the school some years ago, and even led to students’ unrest.
He particularly commended the
Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof William Barnabas Qurix, for successfully steering
the school through its “turbulent moments’’, saying that the NUC was impressed
with his capacity to always “listen to wise counsel’’.
“Such efforts have set the
university on the path of progress and massive growth. The institution is back
on track and the dark days are now in the past. It has become a centre of
excellence and we are all happy,’’ he said.
Rashid said that he was part of
“a clique’’ that “conscripted’’ Qurix into the job because he was sure that his
five years experience as Vice Chancellor of the Kaduna State University would
help him to addresses the challenges.
“Prof. Qurix was conscripted into
this job. He was practically `ambushed’ and I was at the thick of that plot. I
am happy that we have not been disappointed,’’ he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),
reports that 676 graduates received first degrees during the combined
convocation with 33 of them bagging First Class.
More than 50 Vice Chancellors of
various universities attended the convocation ceremony of the 13 years old
institution.
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