Benue to merge varsity with agric college

Benue to merge varsity with agric college 15 Sep 2015 3:59 AM  Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, has said that its government will merge the College of Agriculture in Yandev with the Benue State University, Makurdi, for proper funding and management. The governor stated this in Abuja during a courtesy call on the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, to solicit for financial support for the study of agriculture in the state. According to him, resources in the state were thinly spread among the existing tertiary institutions and cannot support the desire for quality research and development, particularly in the area of agriculture. Ortom, therefore, appealed to TETFund management to “provide special assistance to the state, in order to establish a strong Faculty of Agriculture in Benue State University following the planned merger.” He said his administration had made the development of agriculture a priority and would do everything possible to support its study from primary to tertiary levels in the state. The governor lamented the high level of graduate unemployment in the state, but he observed that if the agric potential was well harnessed, massive employment opportunities would be created for the youth. While commending TETFund for intervention in the Benue State University, two colleges of education and a polytechnic, Ortom added, “If TETFund projects were removed from the institutions, nothing will remain.” In his response, Bogoro said TETFund had been conscious of what to do to strengthen tertiary institutions in the country. Copyright PUNCH. All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH. Contact: editor@punchng.com