BREAKING: NUC Boss Resigns Voluntarily, Reveals Next Big Move
- The executive secretary of the NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, has announced his resignation from the commission
- The NUC's boss made the announcement during the approval of the Kogi State University Kabba in Abuja on Monday, June 26
- Rasheed’s resignation announcement came after approving the issuance of a provisional license to the third Kogi State-owned University
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Professor Abubakar Rasheed the executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) has resigned from the commission.
Rasheed, who made this disclosure in an interaction with The Punch, noted that he would be returning to the Bayero University Kano to continue his job as a lecturer.
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NUC Boss, Prof Rasheed resigns, returns to his previous assignment
Effective 30 June, Mr Rasheed will stop being the head of the NUC, the position he assumed in 2016 when he took over from Chiedu Mafiana, also a professor, who headed the commission in an acting capacity, Premium Times reported.
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Legit.ng gathered that Rasheed was appointed as the NUC boss seven years ago during the tenure of the erstwhile minister of education, Adamu Adamu, Leadership report added.
Under his tenure as NUC executive secretary, the commission approved the highest number of private universities.
The university system also witnessed the highest number of industrial actions.
Loan Act: Students to pay up to 220k as Bayero University Kano (BUK) announces increase in tuition fees
Legit.ng reported earlier that Bayero University Kano (BUK) has announced an increment in tuition fees for undergraduate and postgraduate students of the school.
This was disclosed in a special bulletin signed by the acting Registrar of the school, Amina Umar Abdullahi.
Legit.ng gathers that the management said the hike in tuition fees followed approval by the Senate Committee of the University during their 405th meeting.
Nigerian governor offers automatic employment to LASU law student who graduated with 5.0 CGPA
In another development, Governor Godwin Obaseki has offered automatic employment to Aminat Yusuf, who graduated with a perfect Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0 from Lagos State University (LASU).
The Edo state indigene’s remarkable feat made her break the 40-year record at LASU.
Obaseki said the decision to offer her automatic employment is to go beyond mere congratulations and prevent the “risk of losing her to other states.
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