Adams Oshiomhole, the senator representing Edo north, says the creation of new institutions can affect the federal government’s resources available for capital projects.
Oshiomhole spoke on Tuesday when he contributed to a debate
on a bill seeking to establish the National Institute for Educational Planning
and Administration.
The bill is sponsored by Suleiman Sadiq, the senator
representing Kwara north.
The former governor of Edo said by creating new
institutions, the recurrent expenditures of the federal government would keep
increasing.
The senator said the reason for the bill could be taken care
of by a relevant department in the federal ministry of education or its
agencies.
“I think we have time to be careful in creating more and
more institutions because the federal government’s recurrent expenditure is so
huge that very little is available for capital projects,” he said.
“We are witnesses to the much-talked-about Orosanye report.
The federal government is trying to shrink and merge institutions.
“I am not able to understand why the ministry of education
cannot create a department to deal with all of those issues that this bill
seeks to achieve.
“Senator Sadiq is my very good friend and brother. I hope he
will understand that this is not about him. I accept the spirit of the motion,
but it can be taken care of within a relevant department created if it doesn’t
exist.
“There are so many institutions that have to do with
education, so many of them.
“The universities are in dire need of fresh investments in
their infrastructure. I think these are things that should engage our
attention. How do we make our universities better equipped?”
However, the bill scaled the second reading when it was put
to a voice vote by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.`
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