The Nation Newspaper Tinubu directs phased take-off of varsities approved by last administration
has directed the Federal Ministry of Education to stagger the take-off of some of the federal tertiary institutions established by the previous administration.
Former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration had approved the establishment of five new universities specialized in technology and health, which his administration argued would close the huge gap in the doctor-patient ratio as well as in medical research and production of pharmaceutical products.
IPPIS verification exercise: Civil servants beg Tinubu to call HoSF to order, seek improved treatment Explaining the reason for the new direction, Tahir said “honestly there are very many, probably about a dozen of them, if not more than a dozen or 14, that’s the number and you know tertiary institutions are highly capital intensive, they need a lot of money, especially at that takeoff stage, for infrastructure, staff recruitment and all other needs.“So by the time you want to start off about 12, 14 institutions at once is a very heavy burden on the finances of government, so that’s why.
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