ATBU University Needs 30 Billion Naira to avoid difficult challenges – vice Chancellor
From Ahmad saka, Bauchi
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi Needs Over 30 Billion Naira to avoid risk of being in a sorry stateThe Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Ibrahim Hassan Garba, made this known while speaking to newsmen, saying, “As the Vice Chancellor of the University, I am tasked with finding this amount of over 30 billion Naira, and God willing, we will get it, because if we do not get it within two to three years, the university could be in a difficult situation.
He said, “As the Vice Chancellor of the University, my main concern is to get enough money to run the university itself, the information we have gathered indicates that if the university does not get enough money of about 30 billion Naira, it will be a problem.
This money will be used to run the university and find a way to change the system. What we are doing, especially the way children study, is to re-establish the system of providing scientific research laboratories, engineering training rooms, workshops, and improving the living environment of the students,
if we do not get these funds within two years, then we will really face challenges, secondly, the information in my hand now is that I am looking for at least 2,000 teachers and non academic staff , if we want to continue education in it as a university,
“Regarding the Senate’s move to change the University from a University of Science and Technology to a University that offers all courses , Professor Garba said they were not consulted when the bill was introduced. They only heard about it in the media.
He said that if to say the senate consult with us, we will oppose it we will tell them our reasons, and our problems, because if you want to update the law, then make sure that you do it in a way that it will solve our problems not to increase the challenges we are facing and the issue of increasing the number of courses all over the world check Universities in the world,
There is no one university that offers all the courses in the world, and in the current system, these universities are looking at the courses and how they can meet the educational needs of the people entrusted to us, how when we graduate them,
They will get the right training, how they will help the community, they will get jobs and not just provide courses, I will give you an example, go to ABU Zaria now They are looking at the courses that they should reduce.”Professor Garba said that the university has graduated men who are contributing, in Abuja and other places in the field of construction and scientific works or NNPC oil companies and other scientific fields, you will find students who were trained by ATBU, and you will find them playing a very important role there, even if not, we have produced men who contribute to the development of science and technology in this country”,
Professor Garba said that the statutes of the university should not be changed because in the national education system, each part of the country and each of the six zones should have one university of science and technology, so if ours is changed, our university in the north-east will be like that, we will not have such a university.
Speaking on his personal opinion , a lecturer at the university, Dr. Kabiru Garba Ilelah, said that he does not support changing the name of the university from the University of Science and Technology ,but it will be good if the laws are amended. ,so that the University will be allowed to conduct some courses that it does not teach like the University of Technology Makurdi”
Some of the stakeholders, Dr. Abdullahi Yalwa and Professor Shehu Galoji have expressed their support for the Senate’s move to change the name of the University to a university that provides all courses in education, agriculture,law and others.
They said This will lead to development and increase recruitment opportunities and will also provide more students from Bauchi State with opportunities to study in the varsityThis issue of changing the rules of establishment of the University is still being debated by scholars and stakeholders in the fields of law and education.
