The Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Institution and Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, Senator Binta Masi, on Tuesday, frowned at Nigerians travelling to other African countries to get educated.
The Senator who said Nigeria was getting it right on the initiative of research and education network, said Nigeria currently spends over $2 billion annually as capital flight on education abroad.
Masi disclosed this in Abuja during the official Commissioning of the Federal University of Lafia, FUL, to the Nigeria Research and Education Network, (NgREN).
She said as chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Education Trust Fund, the NgREN initiative would be further exposed to members of the National Assembly to fully engage all stakeholders and ensure adequate funding and support for maximum delivery of the NgREN services.
The Senator also noted that the National Assembly would continue to support more initiatives on rescuing and reviving the glory of the Nigeria education sector.
The Coordinator of the Programme in NUC, Dr Joshua Attah, speaking on the benefits of NgREN, said the network helped in cutting cost as its present connection fee was $59 per megg.
“It helps to avoid unnecessary travels and also help cut cost of capacity building as teaching can be delivered to several people.” He added that NgREN will address ranking address,” Attah said.
Recall that NgREN was formally commissioned on July 8, 2014, and was initially providing services to 27 Federal universities.
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