The Federal Government has described as unacceptable, the state of most of the Federal Government Colleges also known as Unity Schools across the country and has initiated moves to address the challenge.Minister of Education Olatunji Alausa expressed the government dissatisfaction on the matter in Abuja during inauguration of the committee for drafting guidelines and implementation of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) projects in the Education Sector.

Galaxy Television reports that the Minister noted that education is capital intensive and giving the level of infrastructure deficit, government alone could not fix the system, hence the urgent need to leverage on PPP to attract funding to rebuild infrastructure across tiers of education in the country.He noted that the inauguration of the committee chaired by the Minister of State for Education Prof. Suwaiba Said Ahmad, marks a significant step in enhancing Public-Private Partnerships to improve Nigeria’s education sector.

To address the state of the Unity Colleges, Alausa urged members of the committee to give special focus on PPPs in secondary education, such that the framework would assist the government in revamping the schools across the country. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Abel Olumuyiwa, represented by the Director of Reforms Coordination, Dr. Saheed Yusuf and the Director, Senior Secondary Education, Hajia Binta Abdulkadir, while responding on behalf members of the committee, commended the Minister for his commitment to lasting reforms in education

The Ahmad-led committee has three months within which to work assiduously and submit its final report to the Federal Government. Other members include representatives from the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, and key directorates within the Federal Ministry of Education.