Education
Minister, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, has said that the Federal Government
would take serious action against the activities of Nigerians operating
satellite campuses.
Speaking
in Kaduna, on Monday, at the consultative meeting between the Executive
Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education and Rectors of
Polytechnics and Provost of Colleges of Education in the country, Rufai
noted that the government would soon clamp down on those operating the
satellite campuses and outreach centres.
The
minister accused heads of some government institutions of colluding
with operators of the illegal schools, warning that henceforth, nobody
would be allowed to compromise the future of Nigerians and mortgage the
nation’s development: “While we desire to open access, we shall not
compromise the future of Nigerians and mortgage our national
development. Quality will be jealously guarded.”
Prof.
Rufai then explained that government spending of huge amount in the
provision of equipment, laboratories and infrastructural facilities in
51 state and federal government-owned polytechnics was in line with its
four-year plan for the education sector. She pointed out that an
additional N2bn had been approved for the second phase of the project.
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