…As ex- Commissioner Sponsored 53 Students Bag NCE, full of pride
From Yakubu Busari, Jos
The Rector of Adamu Tafawa Balewa College of Education Kangere , Bauchi state, Prof Adamu Magaji Yubunga has decried the falling standard of education and poor performance of the college graduands.
He however laid the problem in the doorstep of inadequate learning facilities.
Speaking to our correspondent in Bauchi during the graduation ceremony of 600 students of the college at Kangere, he appealed for the cooperation of Governor Bala Mohammed and the Federal Government as well as public-spirited individuals to help boost learning through their intervention to improve the learning by making environment conducive for students of the college, especially in the area of provision of hostel accommodation.
According to him ,the college which is a baby institution is in dire need of infrastructures to meet the need of students from Plateau, Gombe, Bauchi and other neighbouring states who are coming to acquire knowledge to enable them impact positively to their immediate society.
Prof Magaji Yubunga charged the graduands to be good ambassadors of the college in all their future endeavours .
He promised to replace the digitalise payment of students fees with internet system to curtail fraudulent activities of fraudsters who siphon money meant for the development of the college .
Magaji Yubunga stated that the manual system of collection and payment had continued to affect smooth operations of the college in diverse ways because most of the students are not captured during their academic, leaving the college with a paltry N34m instead of N80m by rough estimation.
He maintained that the college had paid its counterpart funds to commence training and retraining of lecturers outside the country under TEFUND programme and applauded the National Chairman ,TEFUND, Prof Suleiman’s Bogoro for his positive contributions to the welfare of college .
He added arrangements had reach advanced stage to ensure that drainage, qualitative water supply, hostel accommodation with other infrastructures are made available in the college to ease learning and provide conducive training centre of excellent to the upcoming student generation.
The university don reiterated that he is working hard to reposition the college academic calendar by introducing new policies that would improve the college and curb the activities of cultists in partnership with the security personnel deployed in the area.
He noted that the college operate formal and non- formal education with a total of 800,900 students both in NCE and adult education and expressed the hope that TETFUNDS move to assist to address infrastructural deficit in the college would go a long way in helping his administration to reposition the school for excellence.
Supporting his Rector’s views students union president, Comrade Umar Sadiq Babangida said some of the biggest problems associated with Adamu Tafawa Balewa college Kangere , Bauchi state, are the challenges of accommodation ,transportation ,hostels ,recreational centre ,poor drainage system especially when we experience heavy downpour during the raining season .
According to him, most the students are leaving off campus in the town and they have to travel many kilometers before arriving the college which make it difficult for learning .
Mohammed Mustapha Saidu , the HOD Hausa studies also added his voice that the college need functional educational training so a lot need to be to done to improve the wellbeing of the college.
Meanwhile a philanthropist and former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, in Plateau State, Dayyaibu Garga who sponsored at least 53 students in College of Education Kangere of Bauchi state called on them to emulate the same gesture in the society.
The sponsored graduands in their separate interview thanked the commissioner for given them the opportunity to transform themselves into better citizens.
Aisha Abdullahi said ,” I can’t hide my feelings as you can see we graduate with various certificates to help ourselves and our parents who are very poor and can’t afford to pay for our education but today we are grateful to Allah that Dr Garga came to our rescue “.
“We are all thankful to Allah, we are going replicate this same gesture and ensure that the world know what is happening to communities in Kanam LGA of Plateau state that a caring Nigerian who developed love for the children of less privilege ones to acquire western education.
