Nigerian rector calls for more polytechnic funding
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Leadership
Mobolaji Onasanya, rector of Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic in Nigeria, is calling on the federal and Ogun governments to increase funding for polytechnic education. He is also seeking rotational access to the TETFund to finance infrastructure at public institutions, according to Leadership.
Mobolaji Onasanya, rector of Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic in Ijebu-Igbo, in Nigeria’s Ogun State, is calling on the federal and state governments to increase funding for polytechnic institutions. He believes these resources are needed to train the workforce for the industrial sector, Leadership reports.
The rector also proposes that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Nigeria’s public fund supporting higher education, adopt an annual, equitable and rotational allocation among state-owned public institutions. This mechanism would, he says, fund their infrastructure needs.
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