The Senate in Nigeria has expressed commitment towards addressing infrastructure decay in tertiary institutions across the country.
Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tetfund, Senator Ahmed Kaita, gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja at the opening of a public hearing on four bills in the education sector.
The public hearing was organised by the Committee towards enriching the bills through inputs from stakeholders in the sector.
The bills include -A bill for an Act to abolish and prohibit discrimination between first decree and Higher National Diplomas (HND) holders for the purpose of employment in Nigeria.
A Bill for an Act to establish Federal University of Agriculture, Kabba, Kogi.
A Bill for an Act to establish the Steel University Ajaokuta and Other Matters Connected.
A Bill for an Act to establish the Federal University of Education, Ankpa, to take over assets and liabilities including staff of Kogi State College of Education, Ankpa.
Kaita said the public hearing was designed to aggregate stakeholders’ opinion for legislations on the bills.
He said that the committee did not receive any opposing memorandum on the bill for an act to abolish and prohibit discrimination between first decree and HND holders.
He assured that the senate would do its best to ensure passage of the bill.
Sponsor of the bill for an act to establish federal university of agriculture, Kabba, Kogi, Sen. Smart Adeyemi (APC- Kogi) said the public hearing was to articulate the need to upgrade the Kabba College of Agriculture to a full-fledged University.
He said the college was established in 1964 to meet the man-power needs of the agricultural sector of the Northern Nigeria.
Adeyemi said there was need to diversify the economy by paying attention to the development of the agricultural sector.
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