Reps summon varsity VC over poor budget performance

The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has summoned the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Gusau in Zamfara State, Prof. Muazu Gusau, over alleged poor budget implementation.

The chairman of the committee, Abubakar Fulata, made this known following the committee’s oversight visit to the National Universities Commission (NUC) in Abuja on Tuesday, December 3, 2024.

The budget performance assessed covered 2022, 2023, and 2024 financial years.

Fulata said the committee members had visited all the federal universities that were under the committee’s jurisdiction except Federal University, Gusau.

Fulata stated that the oversight visit was not aimed at witch-hunting anybody but in line with the constitutional provisions.

The lawmaker said the committee had resolved to make meaningful contributions toward improving the standard of education in Nigeria.

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He added that the vice-chancellor did not only halt the committee’s oversight visit to the school but also refused to provide details regarding the implementation of the 2022, 2023, and 2024 budgets to the committee.

Fulata said the committee was not out to create problems but always in search of solutions to problems.

He, however, stated that it was improper for the committee to approve the 2025 budget for an institution which had failed to provide budget performances for over three years.

The lawmaker also urged the NUC management to improve the standard of education in Nigerian universities.

Speaking, the acting Executive Secretary of NUC, Chris Maiyaki, commended the Fulata-led committee and its efforts in recent times.

Maiyaki promised to promote quality standards in all the federal, state, and private universities in the country.

The Star