The Federal Government on Tuesday says the public tertiary institution in the country must comply with guideline charges of fees. The Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, made this know at a meeting with executive secretaries and major stakeholders in public tertiary institutions on Tuesday in Abuja.<\/p>\n
According to Shekarau, the federal government will not interfere with the operations of the governing councils of such institutions but will play its oversight role.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe essence of the meeting is to look at the various charges of fees in public tertiary institutions and regulate them. \u201cOur role in the ministry is to oversee the institutions and make sure they operate according to guidelines to protect the interest of beneficiaries who are our students.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government has the moral responsibility to make sure all public higher institutions operate within the guidelines even though they have their internal peculiarities,\u2019\u2019 he said. Shekarau said that the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the institutions would be looked into in their deliberations.<\/p>\n