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Abuja \u2013 The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa\u2019I, has expressed\u00a0 optimism that the new nine federal universities would take off in September.<\/p>\n

Speaking\u00a0 in Abuja at the two-day retreat for Vice-Chancellors and Registrars of the newly-established universities, organised by the National Universities Commission (NUC), the minister said\u00a0that\u00a0the retreat was to acquaint the vice-chancellors and other officials with the NUC guidelines on the universities and to ensure that the institutions have a smooth take-off.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we are doing is to ensure that these vice-chancellors are aware, even though most of them are former vice-chancellors, that they have more responsibilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to ensure that we acquaint them with the proper procedures of NUC, the guidelines and minimum benchmark,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

According to her, the Federal Government has directed that each of the new universities should not have more than 500 students at a time.<\/p>\n

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Executive Secretary, Education Trust Fund (ETF), said the retreat would ensure the vice-chancellors and registrars are updated on certain processes in the university system.<\/p>\n

He listed the processes to include procedure for accreditation, financial regulations, public procurement processes, procedures for accessing ETF funds and governance issues in the universities.<\/p>\n

In his remarks, Prof. Julius Okojie, NUC\u2019s Executive Secretary, said the retreat would assist the participants on how to relate with their host communities.<\/p>\n

Represented by Mr Akinbode Agbaoye, the Deputy Executive Secretary of NUC, Okojie noted that some of the vice-chancellors are Nigerians who were brought back home from the Diaspora.<\/p>\n

One of the participants, Prof. Jubrila Amin, Vice-Chancellor, University of Dutse, said the universities were prepared to meet the challenges of running tertiary institutions.<\/p>\n

He disclosed that his institution\u2019s temporary site was already undergoing renovation to keep to the September take-off date.<\/p>\n

The federal government had in February 2011 approved the nine new universities with a take-off grant of N1.5 billion per university. (NAN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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