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he Executive Secretary, National Universities TCommission (NUC),

Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, mni, MFR, FNAL, has challenged the NUC Skills D e v e l o p m e n t A d v i s o r y Committee to develop a curriculum for Entrepreneurship E d u c a t i o n a n d S k i l l s Development that would be used by the Nigerian University

System (NUS).

Inaugurating a nine-member NUC Advisory Committee on Skills Development in the Nigerian University System (NUS) last Wednesday, Professor Rasheed noted that skills were core to improving employment ou tcomes and inc reas ing productivity, adding that for a country like Nigeria, with about

17.6 million unemployed and underemployed youths, urgent action were required to develop local skills to engage the youths. He said that a close look at the formal and informal sectors in Nigeria showed that low, medium and high-level skilled manpower were imported from neighbouring African countries. He observed that in the construction industry,

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foreigners were brought to do the jobs that Nigerians could conveniently do. Some of these skills, he narrated, included undersea and surface welding, automobile maintenance, among others.

The NUC Scribe lamented that, even within the middle level industrial skills, Nigerian elites resorted to bringing in artisans from neighbouring West African countries to do simple tasks like block moulding, masonry and tiling. This, he said, was mainly because these skills were not readily available in Nigeria. He stated that the recommendations of the Committee would play a key role in NUC soliciting for World Bank intervention and a l so g ive room fo r the establishment of a Directorate of Skills and Entrepreneurship in the NUC.

On the importance of the Committee’s job, the executive secretary recalled that one of the goals of the Commission included matching graduate output with the national

m a n p o w e r n e e d s . T h e C o m m i s s i o n , h e s t a t e d , recognized the need to focus on improving access and quality as well as deepening the labour market responsiveness of skills development for Nigerian Universities.

He called for the development of a balanced skills development system combining specialised and high level skills needs at the university level. He further expressed the need for technical and vocational skills with foundational learning, to address skills shortages in the economy at all qualification levels in a comprehensive and integrated manner including adult literacy.

Professor Rasheed highlighted that the critical technical skills needed for the development of the country were grossly lacking, d e s p i t e h u g e p o p u l a t i o n revealed.

He indicated that Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) programme were mostly in Arts and Humanities with a negligible

percentage in the sciences, expressing fear that no country had made significant progress without i n v e s t i n g i n s c i e n c e a n d technology.

In his remarks, the Executive Secretary, National Board for Technology Education (NBTE), Dr. Masmud Kazaure, said that National Skills Qualification F r a m e w o r k ( N S Q F ) w a s conceived as a system for the development, classification and recognition of skills, knowledge, understanding and competencies a c q u i r e d b y i n d i v i d u a l s , irrespective of where and how the training or skill was acquired. He stated that the system made a clear statement on what the learner must know or be able to do whether the learning took place in a classroom, on –the-job, or less formally.

He highlighted the objectives of NSQF to include:• Ensuring the quality, status, relevance and provision availability of TVETs• Complexity and ambiguity of selecting a competent person by industry is reduced.

Members of the NUC Skills Development Advisory Committee in a group photograph after the meeting (front row)Prof. Rasheed (4th right), Prof. Bamiro (3rd right); L-R: Profs. Val Ikechukwu, Peter Nwalu, Dr. Nwadinobi, DG. NBTE, Dr. Mas’ud Kazaure and

Yakubu Aliyu, (Back row, 1st right) Dr. Joshua Atah along with other members



• Narrowing the gaps between what TVET graduates know and can do as well as the s k i l l s a n d k n o w l e d g e requirements of employers. On the benefits, Dr. Kazaure stated that candidates would be helped to gain up-to-date n a t i o n a l l y r e c o g n i z e d qualification, which would guarantee confidence in their ability to fit into job role specific

to their level. On completion, the skills learnt and benefits gained by the individual would boost in their job role performance and u n d e r s t a n d i n g , t h e r e b y translating into more productive and efficient work force capable of generating other benefits.In his remarks, the Chairman of the Committee, Professor Olufemi Bamiro, thanked the Executive Secretary for reposing such high level of confidence in

the team, promising that they would do their best to deliver on their assigned task.

Others in the committee were: Engineer Suleiman; Professor Y. A A d e n i r a n ; P r o f e s s o r Valentine Ekechukwu; Professor Peter Onwualu; Dr. Ezinne Nwadinobi; Dr. Yakubu Aliyu; and Dr. Joshua Atah as well as Mr. O b i e c h e f u U k w u a g u representing NUC.

Yobe State University Holds MaidenConvocation, 11th Anniversary

The Executive Governor of Yobe

State and Visitor to the Yobe

State University, Damaturu,

Alhaji Ibrahim Geidam has

pledged to make the university a

living testimony of “humble

c o n t r i b u t i o n s ” o f h i s

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n t o t h e

educational advancement of the

state and the progress of man in

the struggle against ignorance,

prejudice, poverty and disease.

In the Visitor’s address at the

maiden and joint convocation

ceremony of the university

r e c e n t l y , t h e g o v e r n o r

enumerated some of the

a c h i e v e m e n t s o f h i s

administration in education to

include: timely payment of

scholarship to Yobe State

indigenes, investment in

the area of postgraduate studies

overseas by sponsoring over 300

students for various courses and

supported about 600 self-

sponsored students with air

massive

tickets to African and European

countries, construction of

d e p a r t m e n t a l c o m p l e x e s ,

provision of furniture and

equipment, construction of

befitting e-libraries, drilling of

boreholes, provision of road

network and drainage.

According to the governor other

major achievements include

student hostels, establishment of

five Research Centres; Desert

Research, Monitoring and control

C e n t r e , C e n t r e f o r

Entrepreneurship Development,

Centre for Research in Qur’anic

Studies, Centre for Research in

Linkages and Innovation Centre

for Research and Capacity

His Excellency, Ibrahim GeidamExecutive Governor, Yobe State and Visitor, Yobe State University, Damaturu



Development in Humanitarian

Studies.

The Visitor also mentioned that

“the sum of N289 million was

expended on scholarship of

twenty eight (28) lecturers of the

u n i v e r s i t y t o u n d e r g o

postgraduate studies overseas”.

He said “the university has

recorded tremendous growth in

leaps and bounds since its full

establishment in 2009. He added

that these were visible in terms

of infrastructural expansion,

human capital development as

well as in the academic sphere of

teaching, learning and research.”

The Visitor urged stakeholders

and good people of Yobe State to

sustain the team spirit.

In his address, the Vice-

Chancellor Professor Yakubu

Mukhtar, noted that Yobe State

university had come a long way

from its humble beginning in

September, 2006, adding that the

university’s giant strides cut

across human and physical

aspects. Professor Mukhtar

observed that, with the admission

of 2,520 students, in the current

session, the university presently

had a student population of 5,779.

The Vice-chancellor said a total

of 2,133 graduands were

presented for the award of

Bachelor's degree from three

faculties from the 2012/2013 -

2016/2017 academic sessions.

Similarly, its staff strength had

shot up from 50 (fifty), at

inception, to 709 academic and

non-academic staff.

Attributing the growth and

expansion of the university to the

Executive Governor of the State,

P r o f e s s o r M u k h t a r a l s o

acknowledged the individual for

c o l l e c t i v e e f f o r t s a n d

contributions of well-wishers

within and outside the state,

towards the development of the

Institution.

The Vice-Chancellor highlighted

some of the Ins t i tu t ion’s

achievements, which included the

construction of roads and

drainage networks, by the State

Government. He informed the

convocation that the Yobe State

University College of Medical

Sciences was expected to

commence academic activities in

the 2018/2019 academic session,

while the College Pre-Clinical

building complex had been

completed, with the result that the

university Teaching Hospital had

commenced activities in the last

year.

Professor Mukhtar informed the

Convocation that, with the

exception of the Faculty of Law,

w h i c h w a s n o t d u e f o r

accreditation, all 29 (twenty-nine)

programmes of the university had

earned full accreditation from the

N a t i o n a l u n i v e r s i t i e s

Commission (NUC).

The university had also been

cleared by the Commission to

commence postgraduate studies

in Arabic, Chemistry, Education,

Geography and Islamic Studies.

He commended the efforts of the

Federal Government, through the

Tertiary Education Trust Fund

(TETFund) in the training of 150

academic staff, both locally and

internationally. Of this number,

Rep. of ES, NUC and Corporate Communications, Ibrahim Usman Yakasai (right)Director, and Director, Academic Planning, NUC, Dr. Gidado B. Kumo



102 had successfully completed

their studies and resumed normal

academic activities. He advised

that the Federal Ministry of

Education had also sponsored 12

academic staff for Master’s and

PhD programmes, under the

a u s p i c e s o f t h e N e e d s

Assessment Intervention Fund,

while the Visitor had sponsored

40 members of staff for

postgraduate studies in foreign

universities.

In a bid to institutionalise the

continuous engagement of

outstanding graduates of the

Institution, the Visitor had

engaged the services of the best

25 indigenous graduates of the

university and rewarded them

with permanent appointments as

Graduate Assistants. Following

their appointment, these staff

were released, on study leave, to

pursue Master’s degrees. The

Vice-Chancellor, thereafter

appealed that the remaining 38

First Class graduates of the

university, who were indigenes

of Yobe State and wishing to join

the services of the university, be

e m p l o y e d a s G r a d u a t e

Assistants.

Yet another achievement, the

Vice-Chancellor emphasised,

was the approval and release of

the sum of N156, 846,767.00, as

cumulative earned allowances

for staff, up to August, 2017.

These funds were disbursed to

beneficiaries and the university

has steadily received a monthly

payment of N6, 300, 000.00 from,

September, 2017, as promised by

its Visitor.

Highlighting the challenges of the

Institution, Professor Mukhtar

stated that paucity of funds had

hindered both the sponsorship of

more staff of the university for

postgraduate studies and physical

development. He also noted that

the Boko Haram insurgency had

negatively impacted on virtually

every facet of life in the North-

East and the university was not

spared. The Vice-Chancellor also

lamented the inability of the

university’s research centres to be

p r o a c t i v e i n m a k i n g

breakthroughs in research that

would address the challenges of

the North-East and the country, in

general.

Other challenges highlighted by

the Vice-Chancellor include

inadequa te t ranspor ta t ion

systems within the university

community, insufficient staff

accommodation, the absence of a

Computer-Based Examination

Centre and the insufficient water

supply on the university campus.

He appealed to international

organisations and individual

philanthropists, to complement

the efforts of both the federal and

state governments, in assisting the

university actualise its vision and

mission.

Speaking during the event, the

Chancellor of the university and

E m i r o f T i k a u , A l h a j i

Muhammadu Abubakar Ibn

Grema, commended the Visitor

and Governor of Yobe State, His

Excellency, Alhaji (Dr.) Ibrahim

Gaidam, for the legacies he was

leaving in the Institution,

particularly in the provision of

physical infrastructure.

He expressed appreciation for the

Visitor’s tremendous support in

Ibrahim Usman Yakasai and DG NTI, Prof. Garba Dahuwa Azare, behind is the VC ATBU, Prof. Saminu Ibrahim



academic mat ters in the

Institution, since he took over as

its Visitor. This, the Chancellor

said, had helped re-shape the

status of the university, from its

re-emergence in 2009, adding

t h a t t h e G o v e r n o r ’ s

administration was regarded as

the turning point in the history of

Yobe State university.

Congratulating the graduands,

the Emir informed them that the

ceremony marked the beginning

of a long journey in their lives.

He advised them to nurture the

passion, commitment, firmness

and open-mindedness to

learning, which had got them to

their present success, adding that

the resilience would be an

important factor in the success of

their future endeavours.

He noted that the development

and transformation of the nation

was highly dependent on youth

e m p o w e r m e n t , t h r o u g h

entrepreneurship and self-

reliance advocacies and charged

the graduands to think outside the

box in addressing issues of

unemployment, by unfolding

d iverse loca l and g loba l

potentials.

The Chancellor commended the

Vi c e - C h a n c e l l o r o f t h e

university, Professor Yakubu

Mukhtar, whose efforts he

acknowledged as a great

contributing factor to the success

of the event. He attributed the

achievements recorded so far, in

the university, to the vision,

commitment and astuteness of the

Vice-Chancellor and expressed

confidence that the Management

team would continue to strive to

take the Institution to the height of

academic excellence.

The Emir solicited the assistance

of individuals and corporate

bodies, both at national and

international levels, to partner

with the university, in its pursuit

for academic and physical

development. This would enable

the Institution to attain self-

dependence for its continuous

survival as an autonomous

community.

The Executive Secretary, NUC

was represented by the Director

Corporate Communications,

Ibrahim Usman Yakasai

The VC, Prof. Yakubu Mukhtar present the honourary degree of D.Litt to the Visitor, Governor Ibrahim Geidam



that the ‘Capital Territory Book

Convention would be an annual

event to be celebrated with a great

ceremony to resuscitate the dying

reading culture in the Country.

The late Abubakar Gimba who

was the first Pro-Chancellor of

the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida

University, was remembered by

many at the event for his passion

for gender equity, dislike for

corruption, humility, and a

charitable disposition that

epitomized every moral virtue.

The first Abubakar Gimba

Lecture series was delivered by

the Director of Consultancy

Services, University of Abuja,

Professor Vicky Sylvester.

Other highlights at the event were

a book exhibition and the

unveiling and presentation of the

literary magazine, ‘The Writer’.

Several invited dignitaries, well

wishers and members of the Delta

Book Club were in attendance.

Delta Book Club Immortalises Abubakar Gimba

The Delta Book Club, a

subsidiary of Delta Publications

Nigeria Limited, last Tuesday,

held the maiden edition of the

C a p i t a l Te r r i t o r y B o o k

Conven t ion a t t he Id r i s

Abdulkadir Auditorium of the

Commission, to celebrate the

writings and ideals of the late

Nigerian novel is t Malam

Abubakar Gimba.

The Chairman of the occasion

and representative of the

Executive Secretary, National

Universi t ies Commission,

Professor Abubakar Rasheed

was represented the Acting

Director, Student Support

Services, Dr. Maryam Sali,

declared the occasion open and

presented the award to the first

winner of the Abubakar Gimba

Literary Award and author of the

novel Nostalgia, Mr. Akintunde

O y a j o b i . T h e E x e c u t i v e

Secretary commended the Delta

Book Club for the thoughtful

gesture and its efforts at

galvanizing national interest in

Nigeria’s waning reading

culture.

The President, Delta Book Club,

Mr. Dillibe Onyeama disclosed

Late Abubakar Gimba



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