{"id":123401,"date":"2025-10-29T21:14:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123401"},"modified":"2025-10-29T21:14:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:14:55","slug":"reps-urge-tinubu-to-revive-abu-ui-unn-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/reps-urge-tinubu-to-revive-abu-ui-unn-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Reps Urge Tinubu to Revive ABU, UI, UNN, Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1847334622573719379\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1847334622573719379-header\" class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Tracy Moses<\/div>\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1847334622573719379-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The House of Representatives has called on President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration to take urgent steps toward restoring the lost glory of Nigeria\u2019s first-generation universities, including Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, the University of Ibadan (UI), and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), among others.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The resolution followed the adoption of a motion moved on Wednesday by Hon. Aderemi Oseni, representing Oyo State, during plenary. The motion, titled \u201cNeed to upgrade first-generation universities and investigate the quality and standards of TETFund projects across federal universities in Nigeria,\u201d received strong backing from lawmakers.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oseni recalled that the first-generation universities, established in the early 1960s, were once models of excellence, admired globally for their high academic standards, quality infrastructure, and world-class lecturers. He lamented that over time, these institutions have suffered from years of neglect, which have eroded their prestige and academic strength.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, \u201cthe neglect of these universities has led to the deterioration of facilities such as lecture theatres, hostels, and auditoriums,\u201d adding that the famous zoos that once attracted tourists to the campuses \u201care now deserted or completely gone.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He attributed the decline to chronic underfunding, poor maintenance culture, and the mass exodus of skilled academics due to poor remuneration. Other compounding issues, he said, include political interference, incessant strikes, and dwindling research capacity, all of which have undermined the universities\u2019 ability to maintain global relevance.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The House also expressed concern over the poor quality of projects executed by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in recent years, noting that many of the newly completed projects are already showing signs of decay, worse than those built over six decades ago.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Consequently, the lawmakers resolved to investigate the quality and standard of TETFund interventions in universities to ensure accountability and value for public funds.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The House further directed the Federal Ministries of Education and Finance, the National Universities Commission (NUC), TETFund, and relevant development partners to collaborate on a comprehensive plan to rehabilitate the nation\u2019s pioneer universities and restore them to their former standards of excellence.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, the Committees on University Education and TETFund were mandated to probe completed and ongoing TETFund projects across tertiary institutions in the country and to submit their findings within four weeks for further legislative action.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8831782338260211936ymail_android_signature\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy Moses The House of Representatives has called on President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration to take urgent steps toward restoring the lost glory of Nigeria\u2019s first-generation universities, including Ahmadu Bello&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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