NOUN council hails President Buhari’s assent of amendment bill

- The council National Open University of Nigeria praised President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting to the NOUN Amendment Act

- The council in a statement stated that the amendment would make graduates of the institution eligible for the National Youth Service Corps Scheme

- It also appreciated President Buhari, the National Assembly and well-meaning Nigerians who were part of the process leading to the enactment of the Act

National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) council has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting the National Open University (Amendment) Bill 2018. The bill provides greater legitimacy to the university as a full-time open and distance learning institution, The Punch reports.

Legit.ng gathered that the council in a statement signed by its chairman, Prof. Peter Okebukola, stated that the amendment would make graduates of the institution eligible for the National Youth Service Corps Scheme.

The statement read: “The NOUN (Amended) Act for which we eagerly await its gazetting, also provides for graduates of NOUN to be eligible for enrolment in the National Youth Service Corps Scheme. T

These provisions and others will set NOUN on a trajectory for improved delivery of quality university education, which would place students at par with conventional universities and a catalyst for our march to be the best open university in Africa by 2030.

“The council expresses deep appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Assembly, especially the Senate and House Committees on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, the Honourable Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed and well-meaning Nigerians who were part of the process leading to the enactment of the NOUN Amendment Act.”

It said: “More importantly, the council is supporting the Senate of NOUN, under the leadership of Professor Abdalla Adamu, the Vice-Chancellor, to significantly improve the quality of the delivery process so that by 2025, NOUN graduates in at least five programmes will be the best in the Nigerian university system and will be graduates of first choice among public and private sector employers and indeed, be globally-reputed employers themselves.”

“The centre aims to achieve this through postgraduate education for capacity building and development of ICT tools and solutions; and the development of digital technologies for access to knowledge and quality improvement in the acquisition of critical skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

“The Centre also aims to build capacity to bridge the technology knowledge gap through development and research into ICT solutions (mobile technologies, virtual technologies) that will impact both public and private sector to foster economic growth in the country. NOUN is situated better than most universities to do this because of its online component,” the council said.

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Legit.ng previously reported that Nigeria's president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, December 7, assented to the National Open University Amendment Act.

The Act was sponsored to allow the institution to operate as all other universities in the country. Also, following the decision of the president to assent to the bill, graduates of the NOUN can now participate in the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the Nigerian Law School.

A senior special assistant to the president on National Assembly matter, Senator Ita Enang, said the assent of the President while addressing State House reporters in Abuja.

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