The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made this known at an interactive session with Chief Executive Officers of the Centers, according to a statement by the Federal Ministry of Education.
The statement, which was signed by the Director of Press of the ministry, Ben Goong, quoted the minister to have said that “he will open a line of dialogue between the Ministry, the Centers and the Tertiary Education TrustFund with a view to bringing the inter-varsity centers within the funding envelope of TETFUND.”
The minister also appealed to public and private universities across the country to patronise the centers for their training programs.
The PUNCH reports that the four inter-university centers are; the National Mathematical Centre, the National Institute for Nigerian Languages, the Nigerian French Language Village and the Nigerian Arabic Language Centre.
Also, the Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Tanko, promised that he will interface with his colleagues at the National Assembly to make a case for improved funding of the Nation’s inter-university centers, adding that training and research are key to National development.
Addressing the ministers, the Chief Executives of the Centers complained of inadequate funding, low patronage, and the inability of their academic staff to rise to a professorial chair due to statutory constraints, as well as poor and dilapidated infrastructure.
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