Reps’ oversight functions not to witch-hunt varsities —Aminu

Chairman, House Committee on Education, Hon. Aminu Suleiman has said that the essence of the committee’s oversight function was not to query, witch-hunt or carry out auditing, but to better the system.
He said this during an oversight visit to the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State.

According to him, “It becomes a matter of necessity for our committee to put an eagle eye to stimulate public officers to run institutions properly.”
` He also stated that it is one thing to provide what was needed for learning and teaching, but it is another thing for public officers to properly and judiciously spend government funds, noting that the committee could not carry out its duties effectively by staying in their offices.
“The National Assembly has been on recess for two months and we are here to gather information to submit on the forthcoming appropriation.”
Commending the university detailed financial report and the manner the affairs of the institution was being run, the chairman said Nigeria had not made a mistake by creating specialised institutions like FUNAAB.
“I commend the unanimity of purpose particularly seeing members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) present. I congratulate the Vice-Chancellor that he has a team that can support him in his absence,” he said.
Earlier in his speech, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olusola Oyewole, stated that the university was aiming to be a world-class institution, adding that this was possible because of its highly committed and dedicated members of staff.
Represented by his deputy in charge of development, Prof. Felix Salako, he said that the university was community focused with the existence of the Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre (AMREC) which was established in 1992.
The vice-chancellor stressed the importance of research to the university which was responsible for the establishment of its Institute for Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR) and the Community Based Farming Scheme (COBFAS), where the university students go to rural areas to practice farming for one year.

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