The Vice Chancelleor of the Federal University Wukari, Proffessor Geoffrey Okogbaa has called on the Federal Government to create more Universities in Nigeria to cater for the growing population of admission seekers.

Okogbaa who gave this charge while paying host to a coalition of Civil Society Organizations under the aegis of Joint Action Coalition of Civil Society Groups, said the creation of additional public Universities by the past administration, remains a noble gesture to both parents and students and has in a long way helped to reduce the psychological trauma, rejection and destruction of dreams being faced by many helpless Nigerians in the past.
” …One thing you can not take away from the Jonathan administration is the fact that he paid education priority attention. The universities he established in all six zones has gone a long way to reduce the psychological trauma, rejection and destruction of dreams being faced by many helpless Nigerians in the past”. He said.

Speaking earlier, the leader of the delegation, Comr. Isaac Ikpa said they had decided to bestow on Prof. Okogbaa the award of “Man of the Year 2015” due to his sterling performance at the Federal University, Wukari. He further added that the award was not just a commendation but aimed at spurring others to emulate the great achievements of the Vice Chancellor.

According to Comr. Ikpa, the drive with which the Vice Chancellor has implored to rapidly build infrastructure, ensure accreditation of courses, recruit qualified both academic and non-academic staff, useful utilization of the available resources from government and other interventions to mention but a few caught the attention of the Civil Society to thoroughly investigate and confirm on him an award as the ”Man of the year 2014″and by extension to judge the University as ‘the fastest growing school in Nigeria’.

While receiving the honor, the Vice Chancellor stated that what they do as public servants in Nigeria “is service back to the people, particularly the students who are their first employer and not for recognition or awards”.
He therefore enjoined the delegation to impress it on both the government and individuals to continue in pursuit of useful ventures that would help to enlarge the access to education, as it is the only key to unplug the vast potentials of the average Nigerian child.

Professor Okogbaa added that no number of Universities is too much for our ever growing population and therefore implored the government to provide adequate funding for the existing ones, while also creating more as according to him, it place Nigeria at par with other countries of the world in terms of qualitative and quantitative education.

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