Nigeria institution will perform better in the next university ranking

The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary
Education Trust Fund,
Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, has predicted a better
ranking profile for
more Nigerian universities.
This came as he noted that many of the
institutions lagged
behind in rankings because they failed to
meet the accreditation
requirements in infrastructure and human
capacity
development.
A group, Journals Consortium, in a recent
research, rated the
University of Ibadan as the eighth best
university in Africa and
first in Nigeria.
Bogoro made his view known when he
unveiled some projects
sponsored by the organisation at the Kogi
State University,
Anyigba.
Some of the projects include blocks of
building to serve as the
Department of Anatomy in preparation for
clinical studies at the
institution’s School of Medicine.
Others are the Anatomy complex,
Administrative Block and the
Entrepreneurial Skills Development Centre.
According to Bogoro, now that the Federal
Government
intervention has improved, brighter prospects
await Nigerian
universities.
He said, “I am excited that the rankings of
Nigerian universities
are coming up positively. Before now, the
major challenge of the
ranking of Nigerian universities had to do with
their inability to
meet two-third of accreditation requirements,
particularly on
infrastructure and human capacity
development.
“We have been addressing that largely
through aggressive
intervention in respect of infrastructure in
both federal and state
universities. Before I assumed office about a
year ago, less than
50 per cent of higher institutions in the
country were able to
access TETFUND grants due to their low
rating, I am glad to say
that there is a reversal in that trend.
“Now that there is improvement in the
rankings of our
universities in Africa, there should be efforts
to also improve
their ranking at the global level and TETFUND
would continue to
strive towards achieving this objective.”
Kogi State Governor and Visitor to the
university, Capt. Idris
Wada, said TETFUND had lived up to
expectations, especially in
its support to public tertiary institutions.