The Federal Government has approved the reconstitution of 111 governing councils at public tertiary institutions.
The Director Press and Public Relations, Folasade Boriowo confirmed this to NewsNGR on Saturday.
Recall that the Acting Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission(NUC), Chris Maiyaki, disclosed days back that the Governing Councils of the institutions will be reconstituted in a few days.
President Bola Tinubu shortly after assuming office in June 2023, dissolved the councils of the universities, leaving the running of the institutions to vice chancellors.
NewsNGR reported that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) decried the fact that the institutions have been run for almost one year without a governing council, describing it as illegal.
However, the Acting Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission(NUC), Chris Maiyaki, had allayed the fears of the Union, adding that government is working assiduously to ensure that the most qualified people are appointed to the Councils.
Maiyaki disclosed that the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman had already constituted a Local Organising Committee to ensure smooth inauguration of the Councils.
“As part of the grand plan, as soon as they are constituted, they are going to undergo orientation course so that they will be attuned to the expectation of what modern day council is all about, the knowledge of the governance structure, the law of the universities, the procurement act, issue of financial management and other issues.
“Government is not resting on it oars to reconstitute governing councils of 61 federal universities,” he said
Maiyaki had appealed to ASUU to trust the ability of the government and the minister of education to deliver on its promise to reconstitute the governing councils.