The World Bank has released the first tranche of payment totalling N1.4bn to 10 Nigerian universities listed among the African Centres of Excellence.
The fund is for the ACE project to shore up the ranking of the universities in agriculture, health, science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie, who said this at the ACE project post-effectiveness workshop on Monday in Abuja, warned the benefiting institutions against compromising the objectives of the scheme.
Nigerian universities had won 10 out of the 19 slots for Africa.
The benefitting universities are the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta; Bayero University, Kano; Benue State University, and the Redeemer’s University, Osun State.
Others are the University of Jos; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; University of Benin; University of Port Harcourt, and the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State.
Okojie said, “The success of the ACE project holds the prospect of favourable global ranking for Nigerian universities and the nation cannot afford to toy with the opportunity.”
The south east you on your own oh. As usual
ReplyDeleteAs usual my dear! The south-east has been conspicuously left out! There is no reason whatsoever for this union! This marriage ain't working! There definItely needs to be a referendum! It's obvious the way South-east is being treated since after the Nzeogwu coup. They really have to leave from the union.
ReplyDeleteI think you can organise the referendum for the people of the South East. If the people want to leave the Union, you take it to the National Assembly. No need for acrimony or bloodshed. Don't just keep complaining online - take action!
Delete@9.01 am. That is the mind set that makes the rest of Nigeria to be always suspicious of us from the South East. At the slightest discomfort, we don't think of how to remedy the situation within the Nigerian framework. We start shouting biafra. Do you think this is helpful?
ReplyDeleteWhat has grant from the world bank got to do with marginalization of the South East. Why trigger tribal sentiments my brother?
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