By Seyi Babalola
Six of the 14 new institutions founded in the last days of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government are now able to start classes, according to President Bola Tinubu’s permission.
This was revealed on Wednesday by Tahir Mamman, the minister of education, during a meeting with President Tinubu behind closed doors at the State House in Abuja.
According to Prof. Mamman, the first stage will see the opening of two institutions specializing in agriculture, two colleges of education, and two medical schools.
According to him: “There are very many, probably about a dozen of them, if not more than a dozen or 14, that’s the number and you know tertiary institutions are highly capital-intensive, they need a lot of money, especially at that take-off stage, for infrastructure, staff recruitment and all other needs.
“By the time you want to start about 12, 14 institutions at once, it is a very heavy burden on the finances of government.”
The minister affirmed that these institutions are strategically aligned with the key mandates and priorities of President Tinubu’s administration.
