Tinubu Approves ‘Start’ Of Six Universities Established Under Buhari’s Tenure

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu  on Wednesday, 18th Oct 2023 approved the staggered takeoff of six out of 14 public universities established in the Muhammadu Buhari administration.

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, revealed this to State House Correspondents after briefing Tinubu on Wednesday. LagosTimes report.

Recall that the Buhari administration approved the establishment of no fewer than 75 universities, encompassing federal, state, and private institutions within seven years.

While speaking with the journalist, Prof. Tahir Mamman explain that the Federal Government lacked the funds and qualified staffing to kick start all institutions at once as they are capital intensive.

He also said the choice of the universities — two colleges of agriculture, education, and medicine each — was strategic to the skills-empowerment goals of the Tinubu-led administration.

According to the Minister, the present administration will be “conservative” in doling out approvals for establishing new universities.

He said: “And then there are quite a number of universities and institutions which were approved in the last days of the last administration, which because of issues of funding, and even staff, it may not be prudent to get these institutions to take off altogether at once.

“So Mr. President has directed we stagger their commencement, their takeoff so that the government can properly support them.”