V.C Calls for Improved Funding of Universities
Chancellor of the University of Ibadan (UI), Professor Olufemi Bamiro, has called for better funding of federal universities.
Addressing a news conference in Ibadan on the forthcoming 60th anniversary of the institution, Bamiro said the current situation in the universities called for urgent change of attitude by stakeholders.
He said the country’s premier university needed more funding for it to continue to play its leading role and facilitate the growth and development of education in the country.
“The Federal Government should stop playing politics with the nation’s university system. As long as we continue to do this, the quality of graduates produced in these institutions will continue to reduce. It is time for the government to look at it holistically. Government must bear the cost of funding universities if we are to make any meaningful progress,” he said.
Bamiro disclosed that the university has embarked on curriculum re-orientation through development of consumer needs-driven programmes in line with the vision of an entrepreneurial and research university.
