Reps to probe financial activities of varsities in South-South

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the financial activities of universities in the South-South part of the country.

The Chairman of the House Committee on University Education, Abubakar Fulata, stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.

This followed the lawmakers’ oversight visit to the universities.

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The universities are – the University of Calabar, Cross State, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurum, Delta State and Federal University Uyo, and Akwa Ibom State.

Others are the Federal University Otueke, Bayelsa State, and Nigerian Maritime University Okerenkoko, Warri South, Delta State.

Fulata said the committee resolved to carry out the forensic investigation of the universities due to the inconsistencies observed in their submissions during the committee’s oversight visit to the institutions.

He urged some of the newly established universities to avoid the mistakes of older universities.

Fulata said the committee had visited over 30 federal universities in 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the last few weeks.

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