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THE National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the running of Forensic Science and 13 other environmental/engineering courses at the First Technical University (Tech-U), Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Based on the approval, the institution has become the first university to offer the course in Nigeria after the Nigerian Police Academy.
The approval was contained in a letter from the NUC dated February 10, 2021, based on a recent verification exercise the commission conducted at the university.
According to a statement issued by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Akeem Lasisi, the other 13 newly approved courses include Computer Engineering, Civil Engineering, Industrial and Production Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Science Laboratory Technology and Quantity Surveying.
2018 audit query: oAUGF indicts NSITF, others over N41.857bn contracts, irregular payments 2018 audit query: oAUGF indicts NSITF, others over N41.857bn contracts, irregular payments
• Uncovers $68,875,902 illegal fund disbursement to distressed Nigerian Missions
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The office of the Auditor General of the Federation (oAuGF) in its 2018 audit query indicted Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, among others of awarding contracts and irregular payments/expenditures worth N41.857 billion and $68,875,902 illegal fund disbursed to distressed Nigerian Missions in contravention of extant financial regulations.
The details were contained in the 2018 audit report submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts for further legislative action.