On 1st June, 2017, the Federal Government inaugurated an implementation committee to facilitate the establishment of the proposed Information Communication Technology (ICT) University of Nigeria.
The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, has received the report on the proposed ICT university and pledged to study it and ensure speedy implementation of the recommendations.
The report was submitted by the 31- member committee charged to draw up modalities for the establishment of the ICT University in Abuja.
According to the Minister, the ministry would come out with a memorandum in about three weeks, to ensure the commencement of the university in September as planned.
The aim of the University is to produce graduates that would have all the right skills to be employers of labour rather than job seekers.
He said that he university will be a legacy and hopes that posterity will be on the side of everyone that participated in the planning.
”The university will be funded by through PPP arrangement, the Federal Government only provides the infrastructure; we should be able to utilise the funds from the private sector to run it.
”In doing this, emphasis will be placed on financing and entrepreneurship when selecting those that will partner with government on the establishment,’’ he said.
According to the Minister, the Vice Chancellor of the University will be someone with an in-depth knowledge of ICT and with entrepreneurial skill.
He gave the assurance that only experienced persons in the sector would be employed as lecturers to provide the right knowledge to students.
According to Prof. Julius Okojie, Chairman of the planning and implementation committee, the university would have three faculties which will consist of Information Technology, Applied Technology and Society and Security Technology and six campuses.
He said he was optimistic that the university would play a major role in the development of innovation as it would be a research institution.
He called on the government to engage lecturers who are well grounded in the sector, adding that government should endeavour to retain lecturers that had been trained by the school.
The Committee, which comprises of experts in the sector, both public and private sector, were given six weeks to come up with a workable report on the establishment of the university.
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