The Law Graduates Forum of the National Open University of Nigeria on Saturday praised President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting to the NOUN Amendment Act .
A statement by Mr Carl Umegboro , Chairman , NOUN Law Graduates Forum released in Abuja ,
said that the amendment would resolve the protracted crisis that had particularly affected Law students of the university.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Senator Ita Enang , the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters , had on Friday in Abuja , disclosed to State House correspondents , the President ’s assent to the bill .
“President Buhari has also assented to National Open University Amendment Act , which allows the National Open University to operate , as all other universities , having the same power and functions and the same administrative structures .”
The group expressed joy that the protracted crisis had been resolved by the President and that by so doing, the Law School admission challenge, as well as National Youth Service Corp issues have now been laid to rest .
“By the Presidential assent , which has replaced the hitherto ‘correspondence ’ in the Act to now ‘Full -Time programme ’, which was the basis on which the Council of Legal Education refused to admit law graduates of the university to the Nigerian Law School, it is apparent the quagmires have been finally laid to rest and admission quota imminent. ”
“In the light of this , we hail Mr . President for his understanding, trustworthiness and commitment to education and masses ’ welfare in general ,” he said .
NAN reports that prior to the Presidential assent , NOUN law graduates had been refused admission into the Nigerian Law School and exempted from NYSC , a situation the Law graduates had described as unjust and discriminatory .
( NAN )