President Muhammadu Buhari Encourages All Universities To Introduce Leadership Class

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday tasked all Nigerian universities have been tasked to introduce courses that will teach moral and leadership roles. President Muhammadu Buhari who stated this in Jos yesterday at the combined 27th and 28th convocation of the University of Jos, said the aim is to serve as standard for fighting corruption at institutions of higher learning. 

President Buhari who spoke through the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission NUC, Professor Julius Okojie, at the event which also coincided with the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the institution, noted that such will ensure perfect governance structures at all levels.

He equally charged all Vice Chancellors of federal and private universities as well as all higher institutions to key into his administration’s policies of ensuring standard of higher learning in tertiary institutions. 

The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Hayward Mafuyai in his remarks, noted that the emphasis the institution places on providing high quality teaching, is one of the reasons for the success of the institution.