Hamzat seeks collaboration to fund varsities

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Hamzat seeks collaboration to fund varsities

The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Tuesday, called for a collaboration between the government and all stakeholders in funding tertiary education, especially universities in the country.

Hamzat said the idea that the government alone can fund universities in a country of over 200 million people doesn’t seem realistic, adding that every citizen must participate in such efforts that bring development and growth.

“All of us must come together to build the universities in our country because, for me, universities are the only institution where almost everybody is educated,” he said.

The Deputy Governor, who spoke during a courtesy visit by the Chairman and members of the University of Ibadan @ 75 Anniversary Committee to the Round House, Alausa, on Tuesday, noted that there was an urgent need for huge investments in the nation’s universities. The purpose of the visit was to confer the University of Ibadan @75 Ambassador on Hamzat.

“As a matter of urgency, there is a need to invest in our universities as innovation is coming through universities. In doing this, we must be realistic. Our union, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, must be realistic. The government must be realistic and all of us must also be realistic in our approach to the issues at stake because it is the only way we can turn this country around as expected,” he added.

Speaking earlier, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof Kayode Adebowale, said the university “after careful consideration conferred the Deputy Governor to be designated as the University of Ibadan @ 75 Ambassador.”