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Education Funds: House to Summons Ministry From Juliana Taiwo in Abuja House Committee on Education is to summon the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Alhaji Ibrahim Talba, who is the Chairman, Ministerial Due Process and the two ministers for not convening the expected weekly meetings since July thereby delaying the funds meant for National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE). The Education Committee led by its Chairman, Dr. Garba Shehu Matazu wondered why months into the year only seven of the total capital allocation meant for the 20 existing federal colleges of education has been released. The committee was disappointed that the delay had nothing to do with the Ministry of Finance and that Talba was not even in the country but in Athens attending the 2004 Olympics. The Acting Executive Secretary of the Commission, Alhaji Jibril Baba had earlier informed the visiting members that the 2004 Capital Allocation to NCCE and the 20 colleges of education is N1,680,000,000.00 out of which only N91,011,828.25 has been released to six colleges of education, while the sum of N28,250,361.33 for two colleges of education is under processing at the office of the Accountant General of the Federation. The amount released represented seven per cent of the total allocation. "The Commission has aggressively been galvanising the 20 Federal Colleges of Education under our supervision, on the path of Due Process to enable them access funds appropriated under 2004 budget. We say aggressive because from January till date, we have been able to conduct six local Due Process Team Meetings for certification of projects (below N20 million) for over 12 out of our 20 Colleges," he said. At the National Universities Commission (NUC), the members were told by the Executive Secretary, Professor Peter Okebukola, they have so far received and shared out appropriately the over N2 billion (N2,141,787,964) of the recurrent grant including the direct teaching and laboratory grant representing 80 per cent of the total allocation to all the federal universities for the year 2004. Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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