President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote yesterday lamented that the public universities in the country continued to grapple with the challenge of underfunding.
Speaking at the convocation yesterday, Dangote advocated for public private partnership to tackle the challenges of funding tertiary education in Nigeria. He noted that one of the major challenges of public tertiary institutions is lack of sufficient funding, saying there was need for collaboration with the private sector to bridge the gap of underfunding.
“We do acknowledge that, the Federal Government alone cannot shoulder the entire burden of funding tertiary education due to competing needs of other sectors that also demand priority attention.
May be he should help in that aspect
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