The Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters,
Senator Ita Enang, disclosed this to State House correspondents on
Friday in Abuja.
Students of the National Open University of
Nigeria (NOUN) can now heave a sigh of relief as President Muhammadu
Buhari agrees to the National Open University Amendment Act 2018.
He
said, “President Buhari has also assented to National Open University
Amendment Act, which allows the National Open University to operate as
all other universities, having the same power and functions and the same
administrative structures.”
The NYSC has, however, been issuing ‘Letter of Exclusion from National Service’ to graduates of the institution.
Before
the presidential assent, graduates of the institution have decried the
alleged discrimination to participate in the one-year national youth
scheme, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
The President’s
assent to the National Open University Amendment Act 2018 has now
addressed the issues raised by the students of the institution
While
stakeholders in the education sector discuss the issue of participation
in the scheme, NOUN graduates also lamented that they were not admitted
into the Nigerian Law School.
This is just as the Act eliminates possible discrimination against programmes and products of the university.
“It
has also allowed the establishment of some centres to be called study
centres and given conditions for the establishment of such study
centres,” Senator Enang revealed.
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