The Federal Government says it remains unwavering in its commitment to reforming the country's education sector. President Bola Tinubu made this known in Lokoja in an address at the sixth and seventh combined convocation ceremony of the Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State.
The President said he believed that financial autonomy and strategic partnership with the private sector was key towards achieving the needed reformation of the education sector as well as eradicating distrust caused by strikes among tertiary institutions workers .
In his address at the occasion, Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, said he had dedicated thirty percent of the budget to education in view of its important role in the development of an egalitarian society. Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Folashade Arike Ayoade, the governor explained that Kogi State University of Science and Technology, Osara and Kogi State University, Kabba, were established to address the university education needs of the people of the state.
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