Senate to probe delay in take-off of University of Maritime, Oron

The Senate has announced plans to analyse the hold successful the take-off of University of Maritime Studies, Oron, Akwa Ibom State.

This followed concerns raised by the legislator representing Akwa Ibom South, Ekong Sampson, during the fund defence of the Senate Committee connected Marine and Blue Economy with the Senate Committee connected Appropriations.

Recall that Maritime Academy of Nigeria Oron was upgraded to University of Maritime Studies, Oron, successful 2021 by the past President Muhammadu Buhari pursuing his assent connected an Act of Parliament.

Speaking, Senator Sampson regretted that contempt the alteration successful ineligible status, the instauration has not yet afloat commenced operations arsenic a university.

Sampson portion describing the upgrade arsenic a landmark development, stated that the translation of the academy into a assemblage was of immense value to Akwa Ibom State and Nigeria large, successful presumption of Nigeria’s aspirations successful the marine and bluish system sector.

He told the committee that his radical person been longing to spot the instauration relation successful enactment with its caller status, adjacent arsenic helium tasked the Committee connected Marine and Blue Economy to expedite indispensable actions to guarantee the take-off of the assemblage nether its caller ineligible framework.

He said, “I privation to entreaty to my colleagues to expedite enactment ...