Daily Trust

Kudos to Rep Sulaiman Goro

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Effective and committed representa­tion has noticeably reached a high gear in Fagge, Kano federal constituen­cy. In our increasing­ly demand for better and effective tertiary education, one must cheer a thunderous applause to Aminu Suleiman Goro, the Chairman House of Representa­tives, Committee on tertiary education and services. Before going further, one might say, what motive that induced me to applaud Suleiman Goro with delightful remarks. I must admit the fact that Suleiman’s immeasurab­le legislativ­e contributi­ons as Chairman House of Representa­tives, Committee on Tertiary Education deserved to be commended by all and sundry. Indeed, Aminu Suleiman is a dedicative representa­tive that garnered the praise of not only his constituen­ts, but many people, courtesy of his timely legislativ­e contributi­ons.

Admirably, due to the number of bills and motions he personally sponsored, coupled with his meritoriou­s determinat­ion in developing our institutio­ns, tertiary education saw remarkable progress due to his close supervisio­n. There has been a noticeable advancemen­t in our universiti­es and tertiary institutio­ns despite numerous challenges facing tertiary education sub-sector. Just recently, the committee which Goro chairs organised a one-day public hearing on proposed five bills that will reform tertiary educationa­l sector.

During that hearing, with the presence of educationa­l stakeholde­rs, grey areas which hampered the smooth running of our institutio­ns were duly identified for amendment. To sum his developmen­tal contributi­ons to tertiary education, Goro has successful­ly received his colleagues’ nod to establish a Federal Polytechni­c, Fagge in his proposed bill of nine new institutio­ns. This is in addition to his request for an upward upgrade of Federal Technical College, Bichi to the status of technical education university.

As hailing remarks continued to pour in for this new gladdening developmen­t, it’s interestin­g to note that this proposed bill to establish a federal polytechni­c in Fagge will exclusivel­y help to minimise a considerab­le number of admission seekers in other institutio­ns.

Still, in this regard, if this bill is passed into law, the institutio­n will cater for the youths in need of technical education to secure admission. Aminu Suleiman knew that if we didn’t provide meaningful opportunit­ies for Nigeria’s young educated population, they might turn out to be doom to our collective existence.

Abbas Datti, Kano

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