Delta-born educationist and human rights advocate, Comrade (Chief) Mulade Sheriff has congratulated the state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for the historical achievement following the approval of the three upgraded Institutions to full fledge Universities by the National University Commission (NUC).
This has made state to be the leading with the highest number of universities in Nigeria, saying “We are proud of your educational strides to give every Deltans and others the opportunity to acquire quality education.
Chief Mulade, a Peace Ambassador who is also the President of the Riverine Communities Development Forum of Nigeria, made this commendation in Asaba, the state capital.
He expresses joy and happiness for the laudable achievement and equally appealed to the governor to kindly consider the transfer of the School of Marine Technology, Burutu to the ministry of Higher Education to enable it manage and run by professional academics for the betterment of students, Deltans and to give sense of belonging to the riverine dwellers in the state.
The rights activist re-emphasised that the School of Marine Technology, Burutu, had been attached to the Ministry of Transport, since its establishment, indicating that it was meant to train youths in crash programmes only, instead of a full fledged Degree and Diploma awarding institution, such as those in Universities and polytechnics respectively.
According to Mulade, in tertiary education, a professional certificate is quite different from an academic certificate, appealing to, and requested that Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, transfer the School to the Ministry of Higher Education so that academic experts could run and manage it towards achieving set goals.
He also appealed to the state governor, to consider the riverine communities in his educational pursuits, noting that there is no single higher institution in the coastal communities/Riverine local government areas of the state.
“Therefore, I want to strongly appealed to the State Government to consider setting up campuses of the State Universities particularly, Delta State University, Abraka, now that Anwai campus has been converted to a University.
He asserted that Campuses of the other University campuses should be set up in the riverine communities to give them a sense of belonging and beneficiaries of the educational development and advancement in the state.
