Education Committee Vows to End Interruptions in Academic Activities
Nigeria's Joint Education Committee pledges to end academic interruptions, investigate payroll system issues, and improve recruitment processes to enhance the quality of education
Chukwuebuka Aniakor 
The Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Education has pledged to end interruptions in academic activities during this administration. The decision was made during the 2024 budget defense, where the Acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Chris Maiyaki, was present.
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The committee, chaired by Senator Dandutse Muntari and co-chaired by Hon. Abubakar Hassan Fulata, has committed to investigating the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) saga and recruitment challenges to stabilize academic activities. Senator Muntari emphasized the importance of education and the need to leverage available raw materials in the country to achieve quality education.
Hon. Abubakar Hassan Fulata, Chairman of the Reps Committee on University Education, recalled the challenges faced by Ahmadu Bello University during his visit to Zaria. He expressed the parliament’s anticipation for a future where academics within and outside Nigeria can operate freely in any of the Nigerian universities without hitches.
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The committee will look into the series of complaints that the IPPIS and recruitment process have made work cumbersome and discouraging in Nigerian universities. They have urged the NUC and Vice Chancellors to make detailed submissions of documents for attention.
Prof. Maiyaki noted that the number of universities in the country has grown from one in 1948 to 217 today. He identified inadequate funding, the inability to raise resources from other sources, and IPPIS as some of the major challenges. However, he expressed optimism that these challenges would be addressed with the intervention of the parliament.
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Speaking on behalf of the Vice Chancellors, Prof. Sagir Abbas, Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano, thanked the lawmakers in the 10th National Assembly for their commitment towards solving the problems bedeviling the Nigerian educational system.
