President Muhammadu Buhari has billed universities of engineering in the nation to increase their ingenuity on research to help them proffer methods and attain breakthroughs in the nation’s innovation house.
President Buhari, who was represented by Minister of Point out for Instruction, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, gave the demand, at the weekend, throughout the 33rd convocation ceremony of the Federal University of Technological know-how, Owerri (FUTO).
Buhari disclosed that the Federal Federal government authorised N8 billion for the Tertiary Education and learning Believe in Fund (TETfund), underneath the Nationwide Analysis Fund (NRF) Scheme and urged the impacted institutions to consider benefit of the fund.
He also informed that TETfund experienced recognized centres of excellence for exploration in numerous universities throughout the region, stressing that the Federal Government is working on the draft invoice for the institution of the Nationwide Exploration and Growth Basis (NRDF).
The President even further enjoined the universities to redesign their curricula to go well with national advancement requirements and the dynamics of culture, which includes engaging graduates to come to be applicable in world wide competitive economies.
He stressed that relying on the designed nations to remedy Nigerian troubles would irritate the difficulties. He, so, advocated nearby remedies to each and every endeavor in the region.
“Our universities parade the greatest and smartest students, who can alter the narrative and area our region on the entrance burner of innovators in the international arena and I persuade our scholars to collaborate with investigate institutes for powerful exploration outputs,” he additional,
Buhari, who commended the governing council, management, staff members and learners of FUTO on the National Universities Commission’s (NUC), approval for the institution of a Faculty of Drugs in the establishment, also applauded the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Nnenna Oti, on her emergence as the to start with woman Vice Chancellor (VC), and the eight substantive VC of the 41-year-old FUTO and wished her good results in the course of her tenure.
Earlier, Oti highlighted her vision for the institution to transfer it to distinct and technological transformation by outstanding educating, research, innovation and local community service, as perfectly as developing environment class graduates, patents and indigenous solutions to nearby, countrywide and worldwide troubles.
No less than 64 pupils were being awarded initial course degrees in many disciplines. Osuigwe Chisom Henry of the Office of Electrical and Electronics Engineering emerged the best graduating scholar for the 2019/2020 educational session, owning scored a Cumulative Grade Point Normal (CGPA) of 4.96.
Also, 4,032 learners had been conferred with first levels, 380 received Larger Levels comprising Ph.D (42), M.Sc, M.Tech, M.P.H, M. Eng., MBA (219) and 119 Submit-Graduate Diplomas (PGDs).
