{"id":51712,"date":"2016-07-30T19:30:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T18:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=51712"},"modified":"2016-07-30T19:30:04","modified_gmt":"2016-07-30T18:30:04","slug":"nuc-approves-university-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nuc-approves-university-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"NUC APPROVES \u201cUNIVERSITY OF AFRICA\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>The National University Commission (NUC) has approved the University of\r\nAfrica, Toru-Orua, as the 43rd state university in the country.\r\n\r\nIts approval followed the formal presentation of the relevant gazette law,\r\nacademic brief and physical masterplan as well as the satisfactory report\r\nof the advisory resource assessment visit by the commission.\r\n\r\nThe University of Africa, Toru-Orua, is an initiative of the Bayelsa State\r\nGovernment, which will, however, run as a Public Private Partnership\r\n(PPP), since the state government will only provide the enabling\r\nenvironment, while the financing would come from the private sector.\r\n\r\nGiving the nod, through a letter dated 28 of July 2016, the Executive\r\nSecretary of the commission, Professor Julius Okojie, while congratulating\r\nthe state government, noted that, the establishment of the university took\r\neffect from the 28th of July, having complied with the basic requirements.\r\n\r\nAccording to Okojie, the University of Africa is also the 143rd in the\r\nNigerian university system.\r\n\r\nIn a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Bayelsa State Governor,\r\nDaniel Iworiso-Markson, yesterday and made available to the press,\r\nGovernor Seriake Dickson had led a delegation of top government officials\r\nto the office of the commission in Abuja  and were received by executive\r\nsecretary, who briefed the governor on the latest development  and the\r\napproval of the university.\r\n\r\nThe statement disclosed that, Okojie handed over the letter of approval to\r\nDickson during the visit, as he also commended him for the initiative.\r\n\r\nIn his remarks, Dickson, while thanking the NUC Executive Secretary for\r\nthe warm reception accorded him and his team, explained that, the\r\nUniversity of Africa, Toru-Orua was conceived as a public private\r\npartnership and it is designed as a first rate institution of learning\r\nthat will also attract some of the best teachers from Africa and the\r\nworld.\r\n\r\nHe said the university will be funded by its partners and the government\r\nwould only provide the enabling environment  for its establishment.\r\n\r\nThe Bayelsa State Chief Executive said, there is need for more private\r\nuniversities to be established and they must be fee paying, pointing out\r\nthat, it is the only way to make funding of  tertiary institutions viable\r\nand sustainable.\r\n\r\nHis words \"I am here leading this small delegation to present to you these\r\nlaws passed by the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, establishing a new\r\nuniversity that we want to bring about working with the private sector. It\r\nwill be run on a PPP basis.\r\n\r\nIt is a University unlike the existing one, it will not be directly funded\r\nby the state. Our belief is that moving forward for a university to be\r\nsustainable, we must create room for private sector participation and\r\ninvolvement.\r\n\r\nThe University of Africa, Toru-Orua, is the first of its kind in this\r\ncountry, that is established by government with private sector involvement\r\nand it will be strictly a fee paying tertiary institution that will\r\nattract students from across the continent and the globe. It will be the\r\nmodel as we encourage more private universities in this country\"\r\n<\/pre>\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>The National University Commission (NUC) has approved the University of Africa, Toru-Orua, as the 43rd state university in the country. 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