The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET), has commended President Muhammadu Buhari, for maintaining stability in the nation’s higher institutions.
No few than 10 institutions were shutdown for different reasons when Buhari took over last year.
The group in a statement on Monday in Abuja noted that the president had largely avoided the prolonged shutdown of institutions that traditionally plague administrations in their first year in office.
The statement by CESJET Executive Secretary, Ikpa Isaac, said that the relative stability maintained in the education sector was commendable despite the economic hardship that had limited government’s ability to implement projects.
The statement reads: “The Education Minister, Mallam Adamu Adamu, had started on a less than popular footing with some policies and somersault like the controversial termination of the tenure of Vice Chancellors of Federal Government owned universities. But he has since gained traction and working hard to justify his appointment by President Buhari.
“We however urge the Minister and by extension President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigerians expect further improvement in the sector when the economy begins to recover. Citizens will take the level of commitment to education in the past one year as the minimum basic and would not accept a decline for any reason.
“We also urge that the sector should be modernized as rapidly as possible given the years of neglect that had left curricula outdated by several decades. The development at JAMB, which fully digitized and modernized most of its operation is the way to go and should be rolled across others facets of the education sector.”
