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From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Prof Abayomi Fasina, on Monday, said the autonomy that the universities clamor for will be a catalyst for educational advancement in Nigeria.
He maintained that the governing council should be allowed to take full charge of the university administration with occasional checks and balances for the visitor.
Fasina who commended President Bola Tinubu for the removal of tertiary institutions from the IPPIS, stated that the step attested to his kind disposition to the yearnings of people in the education sector.
Speaking at the annual leadership retreat for the Student Union Government (SUG) at Ede, Osun State, Prof Fasina appealed to the Federal Government to accelerate the process of making universities more autonomous.
“It is with high sense of excitement that I wish to thank the President and Commander-in-Chief who as visitors to the Federal Tertiary Institutions ordered the removal of the Tertiary Institutions from the jaws of IPPIS.
“This step, alongside the reversal of the earlier proposed 40% remittance of our IGR to the government, is a clear demonstration of Mr. President’s listening ear, innate understanding, and kind disposition to the yearnings and aspirations of the Staff, Students, and other Stockholders in the educational sector.
“I can assure Mr. President that the autonomy that the universities clamor for will be a catalyst for educational advancement in Nigeria.
“I would like to appeal to ASUU to be more readily disposed to constructive engagements with the stakeholders such that many more welfare packages would come to its members. What the committee of the Vice-Chancellors achieved in terms of exit from the IPPISS and the reversal of the proposed 40% IGR remittance is a lesson in diplomacy and tact for ASUU.
“In conclusion, I’d like to appeal to the Federal Government to accelerate the process of making Universities more autonomous. It was a glorious past when Vice-Chancellors could hunt for the best bras from any part of the world without being encumbered by the bureaucracy of the office of the Head of Service, IPPIS, and the like. The Governing Council should be allowed to take fall charge of the University administration with occasional checks and balances from the Visitor,” Fasina said.
