The chancellor, Precious Cornerstone University (PCU), Ibadan, Archbishop Francis Wale Oke, Thursday tasked the federal authorities to incorporate personal universities as beneficiaries of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) and Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND).
He acknowledged this whereas addressing journalists on the fifth convocation ceremony of Precious Cornerstone University (PCU), Ibadan and its eighth Founder’s Day celebration.
The nationwide president of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) acknowledged that the exclusion of personal universities in addition to their college students from the 2 companies of the federal authorities quantities to depriving the scholars their rights as residents of Nigeria of what they need to additionally take pleasure in.
Archbishop Oke acknowledged that there was no foundation for the federal authorities to exclude personal universities and their college students from the interventions contemplating the truth that in addition they contribute their quota to the expansion of the nation.
“The TETFUND shouldn’t be meant for public establishments alone however for personal universities additionally. Excluding them from the fund is discrimination; it’s dangerous, because the personal universities are equally coaching the long run leaders of our nation.
“The time to include the private universities in TETFUND should be now as the fund is generated mostly from taxes paid by the private sector such as banks and oil companies.”
He famous that personal establishments wanted the intervention to develop their infrastructure whereas the scholars are additionally bona fide residents of Nigeria.
Speaking at Precious Cornerstone University, Archbishop Oke stated the establishment is dedicated to producing skillful, ethical graduates which might be crucial thinkers and they are going to be options to societal issues.
