Osinbajo Calls For Strategic Business Partnerships for Sustainable Higher Education in Africa

The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, has called for strategic business partnership for sustainable higher education in Africa.

Osinbajo who was represented by the Honourable Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, made this call while delivering a speech at the 20th Convocation Ceremony of Igbinedion University, Okada in Edo State last Saturday.

The Vice President who commended the founders of the Institution said Igbinedion University laid the foundation as the First Private University in Nigeria 23 years ago.

"Your audacity opened up new opportunities for millions of Nigerians. As a result, we currently have 79 Private Universities and some 140 Privately owned Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria today.

"Government alone cannot solve our Educational challenges. We have to rethink our model to make university education more qualitative and accessible.

"To achieve this, we must foster strategic partnerships between the government and the private sector. I strongly believe such partnerships will be very important in addressing our educational challenges." he said.

Osinbajo who said there was need to deepen Private Sector Partnerships recalled that the first Government University in Nigeria, University of Ibadan was founded in 1948 and that Nigeria today has 43 Federal Universities and 48 State Universities.

"This shows that it has taken both the Federal and State Governments 74 years to establish 91 Universities.

"Whereas, it has only taken the Private Sector 23 years to establish 79 Universities. This reaffirms the need to deepen our partnerships with Private Sector." he added.

Comments

NAGAFF Petitions IGP Over Alleged Extortion, Harassment by Maritime Police at Lagos Ports

The 100% Compliance Team of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) over alleged unlawful conduct, extortion, intimidation, harassment and obstruction of trade by officers of the Maritime Police Command operating around Nigerian seaports. The petition, dated August 14, 2026 and addressed to the Inspector-General of Police at Force Headquarters, Abuja, specifically identified the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa; Tin-Can Island Port and other designated port locations, including bonded terminals, as areas where the alleged misconduct is taking place. In the petition, which was signed by Alhaji Ibrahim Tanko, the National Coordinator of 100% Compliance Team, NAGAFF described the situation as a growing impediment to trade facilitation and a factor contributing to the rising cost of doing business in Nigeria. According to the association, freight forwarding practitioners have, over a sustained period, repo...

NCS Seizes 13 Containers of Unwholesome Imports

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command has intercepted 13 containers with over 7.6 tonnes of cannabis sativa, 170,000 bottles of codeine syrup, security-sensitive drones and large quantities of expired consumer and pharmaceutical products. The Comptroller-General of Customs, CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, PhD, MFR, disclosed this during a press briefing held at the Apapa Area Command in the presence of the Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba and heads of other sister agencies earlier today, 10th September, 2026, according to CGC, the seized consignments have a combined duty-paid value of ₦43.59 billion. He said the seizures were made as a result of sustained intelligence-led operations supported by enhanced cargo profiling, risk assessment, documentary scrutiny and targeted physical examination. "The containers behind me are not an isolated event and they should not be reported as one; the Service’s mandate extends beyond revenue c...

Lekki Port Manager Thrilled As AMJON Awards Him Most Resourceful Port Manager ‎

‎"I want to thank the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority and his management team for giving me the opportunity to serve. Working in the kind of environment where I found myself requires great teamwork and as you can see around me now, I have my very efficient team always with me and so I am very proud to have this team. I also give glory to God for everything including the recognition that I got today" ‎ ‎Above are some of the emotions that pervaded the atmosphere as the Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON) held its 2026 Conference and Awards with the theme: Attaining Ports Efficiency In The Face Of Emerging Technology". ‎ ‎The Conference and Awards took place on Thursday, April 30th 2026 at the Rockview hotels, Apapa with big industry players in attendance. The occasion which was chaired by the cerebral Barr. Jean Chiazor-Anishere delved succinctly into what are required to make the Nigerian Ports more efficient. ‎ ‎In her opening ...

Maritimegistplus

Search This Blog