“… as they advocate more innovations to meet up with global best practices…”
Members of the Education Committee of Nasarawa State House of Assembly has today Friday paid an assessment visit to Nasarawa State University Keffi and the College of Education Akwanga.
During the visit, the legislators inspected facilities at the two state government higher institutions and held an interactive session with the managements of the schools.
The lawmakers were led by the Chairman House Standing Committee on Education Rt. Hon. Abel Yakubu Bala where he lauded Gov. Abdullahi Sule for prioritising higher education in the State through execution of good education policies and programmes in higher institutions.
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly members also acknowledged and underscored the infrastructural developments in the institutions being executed by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund TETFUND and called for its sustenance.
The Committee’s Chairman said that the visit was to assess the institutions 2024 budget performances and also to see things for themselves in terms of academic progress and physical structures.
The Chairman emphasized that they are interfacing with the managements to discuss the level of their progress and challenges with a view of fashioning out ways to achieve more.
” Mr Speaker, Rt. Hon Danladi Jatau has directed all standing House Committees to go on oversight to assess the budget performance of MDAs.
” We are here to assess your budget performance.
Hon. Abel commended Gov. Sule for human capital development and infrastructure across higher institutions in the State.
” I want to commend His Excellency, Engr. A A Sule for having the institutions at his heart and for placing premium to the education sector of the State.
” I want to appeal to him to increase the number of projects for the benefit of students and staff in this institutions” he said.
He commended the managements for good budget performances and urged them to do more.
The Committee Chairman assured the Executive of their readiness to continue to synergize with them for the overall development of the education sector.
Hon. Abel pledged continued support and to intervene for more funding in the institutions to address their challenges and advised them to do on innovations to enable the institutions meet up with global best standard and practice.
” Let’s all join hands to overcome the challenges facing the institution,” he said.
On his part, Dr Jonathan Thani, the Provost , College of Education, Akwanga expressed their gratitude to the committee for always supporting their activities to succeed.
The Provost, represented by the institution’s Deputy Provost (Administration) Dr Danladi Ibrahim thanked Gov. Sule for the attention he has given to the institution to succeed.
He also appreciated Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TEFUNDl) for executing projects in the institution.
On her part, Prof. Sa’adatu Hassan Liman, the Vice Chairman of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi while presenting the institution’s budget performance appreciated Gov. Abdullahi Sule for prioritizing the progress of the institution.
She commended Gov. Sule for the ongoing road construction in the institution.
” I want to appreciate His Excellency, Gov. Abdullahi Sule for the construction of road in the university among other interventions” she said.
The Vice Chancellor assured of her commitment to the development of the institution through keying into different policies and programmes that will turn around the fortune of the University.
She, however, appealed for increase in salary subvention by the state government and more funding due to accumulated liability in the institution.
It would be reported that the committee inspected the ongoing construction of road in the University.