{
  "id": 10902682,
  "title": "Yobe assembly pledges adequate budgetary provision for state varsity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/yobe-assembly-pledges-adequate-budgetary-provision-for-state-varsity",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T09:08:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/yobe-assembly-pledges-adequate-budgetary-provision-for-state-varsity/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Yobe State House of Assembly has pledged to ensure adequate budgetary provision for Yobe State University in the 2027 budget. According to Daily Trust, the Speaker, Chroma Buba Mashio, made the pledge during a familiarisation visit by the university's management, led by Vice Chancellor Prof. Muhammad Bashir Tahir.\n\nThe Assembly will invite the university management to participate in the 2027 budget defence. Mashio also plans to use platforms like the Nigerian Speakers Conference to facilitate interventions from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund and other agencies.\n\nDaily Trust reports that the Speaker urged the university to share its expertise with the state's primary and secondary schools, citing problems in the state's education sector. The university's vice chancellor said his administration has focused on repositioning the university for academic excellence since January 2026.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Yobe seeks TETFund support for state varsity",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/yobe-seeks-tetfund-support-for-state-varsity",
        "published": "2026-09-30T03:48:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Yobe assembly pledges adequate budgetary provision for state varsity",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/yobe-assembly-pledges-adequate-budgetary-provision-for-state-varsity-10904097",
        "published": "2026-09-30T09:16:52.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}