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Provost asks FG to take over Benue-owned COE, Katsina-Ala

By Joseph Wantu, Makurdi
28 July 2016   |   1:43 am
Provost, College of Education Katsina-Ala, Benue State, Professor Mathias Nder, has called on the Federal Government to take over and convert the college into a federal institution so as to relieve the state of the burden of running the institution.

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Provost, College of Education Katsina-Ala, Benue State, Professor Mathias Nder, has called on the Federal Government to take over and convert the college into a federal institution so as to relieve the state of the burden of running the institution.

Nder who made the call in an interview with The Guardian recently, maintained that over 90 percent of the college infrastructure were provided by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), which is a parastatal of the Federal Government.

He intimated that for year 2014, TETFund intervention in the college alone stood at not less than N581.00m, and covered areas such as normal intervention for projects, research, library development, academic staff training/ development, conference attendance, publication of journals, manuscripts development and teaching practice.

Even though the school is yet to access the fund since his assumption of office in May, 2015, Nder said he and his management team have monitored and supervised to conclusion, seven projects inherited from his predecessor to ensure that jobs were done in accordance to standards and specifications.While lauding the efforts of the state and federal government in uplifting infrastructure in the college, he called for further assistance in the area of hostel accommodation for students.

The Professor of Literature and 10th provost of the institution posited success story so far recorded by his administration to “the my open door policy of my administration, which makes me easily accessible at all times for all suggestions, complaints and contributions. This leadership style has brought all heads of administrative units in the college into committees for easy decision making for the day-to-day running of the college.”

He noted that the paucity of funds that affects every level of government constituted the greatest challenges affecting the institution even as he complained of inadequate staff, poor internal road network in the school as well as the general insecurity affecting the zone where the college is located.

Speaking on the incessant herdsmen attacks on farmers in the Benue North Senatorial Zone, Nder said the development has, in no small measure, affected payment of fees by majority of the students.

He explained that due to the attacks on the people’s farms, which is their primary source of income, most students are now unable to get money to pay their fees.He called for more intervention by the Federal Government to end the carnage, which has reduced most communities to rubbles.

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