Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says there is need to revisit the curriculum of Nigerian universities to give priority to technical education.
Ganduje made the call over the weekend in Kano while receiving the Presidential Visitation Panel of Bayero University Kano (BUK) at the Government House.
He said the number of unemployed graduates keeps increasing adding that there is need to give and shift priority to technical education.
The governor said education is not only about gaining employment, but rather to increase the level of one’s power of reasoning while urging for the inclusion of technical education in the curriculum.
Governor Ganduje also promised to intervene and make sure that the existing cordial relationship between the university and the host communities was stronger.
With regards to the issue of allocating land to villagers around the university, Ganduje said he would definitely look into that with the view to finding amicable solution.
He assured that for the sake of improving security around the university, something concrete and effective will be done.
Earlier, Prof Femi Otubanjo, Chairman of the Panel, disclosed that they were at the Governor’s office to pay a courtesy call.
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