The House of Representatives has on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to set up a strategic N15 Billion Naira Corona Virus Emergency...
The House of Representatives has on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to set up a strategic N15 Billion Naira Corona Virus Emergency Fund for Nigerian Universities and Tertiary Institutions to respond to the impact of corona virus on academic, research and administrative operations.
The lawmakers called on the Federal Government to empower some special universities to build the capacity to do the required testing so as to meet up with the national demand on testing due to rising number of coronavirus cases; “Conscious that Nigeria must be counted as one of the countries making contribution in science and research to find the cure and vaccine for COVID–19 and to achieve this objective there is need to provide support and funding to universities and research institutions through special emergency funding to enable them carry out such responsibilities.
“Also aware that the Federal Government, in lieu of the COVID–19 pandemic outbreak and the enormous public health dangers that it poses is yet to decide on a date for the re-opening of schools including universities and tertiary institutions across the country;“Concerned that for four-year institutions, enrolment means revenue; and in the midst of the short-term economic and social shocks of ‘stay-at-home’ orders coupled with difficulties of containing the virus, there are estimates that...
He further said “that Nigeria provides up to 80% funding for public universities occasioning for more far reaching means of raising funds for universities and tertiary institutions who need to prepare a business continuity plan for their administrative and academic staff to be able to work remotely while under government’s orders to lockdown due to the pandemic;
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