Performance of Tinubu’s ministers will be evaluated every quarter, Education minister reveals

 

The Nigerian minister of information, Tahir Mamman, has revealed that the members of President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet will be given quarterly performance reviews.

At a recent meeting, he disclosed this information to the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities.

In order to inform the Minister of Education about the challenges the country’s universities are currently facing, the Vice Chancellors’ Committee met with him.

According to a statement made on Wednesday by the committee’s secretary, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, the vice chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Lilian Salami, led the delegation.

The Vice Chancellors were informed by the Minister of Education that the President, who visits all federal universities, was dedicated to reversing the country’s fortunes.

“He noted that his (Tinubu’s) approach to governance was very business-like and that all his ministers would be subjected to quarterly performance reviews,” the statement partly read.

The Salami-led delegation had previously presented the minister with “several critical challenges faced by public and private universities in the country.”

The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu, and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, David Adejo, attended the meeting, which was held at the Federal Ministry of Education Secretariat in Abuja.

Salami, the head of the VCs committee, also congratulated Mamman on his selection as the first vice-chancellor in service to hold the position of Minister of Education.

Prior to Mamman’s appointment as education minister, the Nigerian education system was in shambles, with employees of tertiary institutions engaging in protracted strike actions. However many have continued to express hopes that the appointment of a Vice-Chancellor as the country’s education minister will put a stop to the culture of incessant strike actions.