Nigeria: VC Urges Increased Funding of Varsities

30 April 2008

Yola — The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Yola, Professor Abdullahi Ribadu, has pleaded with the Federal Government to substantially increase the funding of tertiary education in the country.

Speaking at the matriculation ceremony of the new students in the university yesterday, Prof Ribadu said increasing funding was necessary for the nation's universities to absorb the massive number of qualified candidates in the country.

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