ENUGU STATE GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH UNIVERSITIES OF EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE

Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, says his administration is poised to
establish two new universities as part of his administration’s efforts to
entrench the state as a knowledge centre and diaspora innovation hub.
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‎Mbah stated this at the State House, Abuja, on Monday during the launch
of Diaspora Bridge Platform, a digital innovation for connecting Nigerian
professionals in the diaspora with local tertiary institutions for collaboration
in research, teaching, innovation, and capacity building.
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‎The platform seeks to leverage on the expertise of Nigerians abroad to
promote national development goals in education, science, technology,
engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEM-M).
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‎The governor added that apart from the ongoing construction of 260 Smart
Green Schools that would take off in September, his administration had
consistently dedicated over 33 percent of the state’s budget to education,
well aware that human capital remained the true measure of the wealth of
any nation.
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‎He commended the Federal Ministry of Education for the Diaspora Bridge
initiative to leverage Nigeria’s diaspora communities, describing education
as the single most important sector upon which Nigeria socio-economic
fate depends.