The Federal Government has charged higher institutions of learning in the country to collaborate with their foreign counterparts to train professionals who will replace those who are exiting the countries.
This is just as the Federal Government directed foreign universities to adhere strictly to the country’s guidelines.
The Minister of State for Education, Tanko Sununu, made the call in a statement on Thursday.
The statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, quoted the minister to have given the directive while receiving the Chancellor of a United State-based university, Rutgers University, in his office on Thursday.
The statement read in part, “The Federal Government has asked foreign universities operating in Nigeria to adhere strictly to the country’s guidelines on transnational education as developed by the National Universities Commission (NUC).
“Sununu, who told the visitors that access to quality education is a priority of President Bola Tinubu administration maintained that the Federal Ministry of Education had taken the charge of the President very seriously and will stop at nothing in delivering quality education to the vast majority of Nigerians.
“The minister tasked institutions of higher learning in the country to collaborate with their foreign counterparts to train more professionals to replace those exiting the system instead of lamenting over the issue of brain drain, adding that Nigeria has the capacity to provide a significant chunk of manpower needs around the globe, given the country’s population.”
Goong concluded that the Chancellor of Rutgers University, Antonio Tillis, told the Minister that his university is seeking to renew the Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Lagos as well as expand collaboration with other Nigerian Universities in areas of research and exchange of academic programs.
