Five bills, including one for the establishment of
Nigerian Army University in Biu, Borno State, on Tuesday passed the first
reading at the Senate.
The bill, cited as Nigerian Army University Biu
(Est, etc) Bill, 2020 (SB 332), was sponsored by the Chairman of Senate Committee
on Army, Senator Ali Ndume; 1999
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Alteration) Bill 2020 (SB 318)
sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege; Investment
Assurances Bill 2020 (SB 110) sponsored by Senator Stella Oduah;
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act CAP B2 LFN
2004 (Repeal and Re-enactment Bill 2020 (SB 330) sponsored by Senator Biodun
Olujimi and Nigerian Arabic Language Village Ngala ( Est, etc) Bill 2020 (SB
331) were read at plenary by Clerk of the Senate, Mr. Nelson Ayewoh.
A copy of the establishment of the Nigerian Army University
bill sponsored by former Senate Leader, representing Borno South senatorial district
in the National Assembly, Ali Ndume, obtained by journalists, showed that the university
would be a training institution for the development of middle and high-level
manpower in the areas of technological empowerment for civilians, appreciation
for military policy, logistics and strategy.
The university, upon establishment, shall be
supervised by the Federal Ministry of Education through the National
Universities Commission (NUC), which would be responsible for approving and
regulating all academic programmes run in the university.
According to the provisions of the bill, the
supervision by NUC would ensure quality compliance and provide funds for
academic and research programmes, infrastructures and remunerations of
employees.
The bill abolished catchment area syndrome being
adopted by conventional universities for the proposed institution.
It stated categorically that "no person shall
be required to satisfy requirements as to race, ethnic grouping, sex, place of
birth, family origin, religious or political persuasion, as a condition for
becoming or continuing to be a student in the university. No person shall be
subjected to any disadvantage or accorded any advantage in relation to the university."
The bill also prevents the university from imposing
any restriction on anybody on accounts of religious beliefs
The bill further stipulates the objectives of the university
to include providing facilities for
learning and giving instruction and training in such branches of knowledge as
the university may desire in order to ensure that students obtain the advantage of a liberal education.
It is also aimed at promoting research and other
means of advancement of knowledge and its practical application to military
hardware and software, social, cultural, economic, scientific and technological
situations.
The university shall have powers to offer courses
of instruction, training and research in the advancement of knowledge for the
production of middle and high-level manpower and other skilled personnel
required in further development of Nigeria in particular and the world at
large.
It will establish such faculties, institutes,
schools, colleges, centres, extra-mural departments and other units of learning
and research within the university as it may from time to time deem necessary
or desirable subject to the approval of the National Universities Commission
among others.
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