BY PETER DURU
MAKURDI- Following the protest and outcry that greeted the recently introduced conditional fees at the Benue State University, BSU, Governor Samuel Ortom has directed an immedate suspension of tuition increment in the institution. The Governor who gave the order yesterday in Makurdi, said the economic realities of the time did not warrant such increment. He regretted the anxiety the policy had generated in that state recently asserting that the government would at the appropriate time summon stakeholders in the state for a collective decision on the matter. Speaking further, Governor Ortom said, “eduction is a major industry in our state, so the reaction that trailed the recently introduced conditional fees in BSU in order to raise funds internally to meet accreditation and other commitments due to paucity of funds is not feasible at this time. “Whatever we do as a government should be in tandem with the wishes and aspirations of the people and since the people raised objections to the new policy of the management of the institution, it is better we stick with the people. “We cannot afford the distraction the issue generated recently, and I have therefore directed the management of the institution to reverse the decision forthwith. “At the right time, we will summon a meeting of statkeholders in the state where the matter would be discussed and resolved amicably without further rancour and bickering.”
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/governor-ortom-cancels-tuition-increment-bsu/
MAKURDI- Following the protest and outcry that greeted the recently introduced conditional fees at the Benue State University, BSU, Governor Samuel Ortom has directed an immedate suspension of tuition increment in the institution. The Governor who gave the order yesterday in Makurdi, said the economic realities of the time did not warrant such increment. He regretted the anxiety the policy had generated in that state recently asserting that the government would at the appropriate time summon stakeholders in the state for a collective decision on the matter. Speaking further, Governor Ortom said, “eduction is a major industry in our state, so the reaction that trailed the recently introduced conditional fees in BSU in order to raise funds internally to meet accreditation and other commitments due to paucity of funds is not feasible at this time. “Whatever we do as a government should be in tandem with the wishes and aspirations of the people and since the people raised objections to the new policy of the management of the institution, it is better we stick with the people. “We cannot afford the distraction the issue generated recently, and I have therefore directed the management of the institution to reverse the decision forthwith. “At the right time, we will summon a meeting of statkeholders in the state where the matter would be discussed and resolved amicably without further rancour and bickering.”
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/governor-ortom-cancels-tuition-increment-bsu/
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