Mr Maiyaki said the directive also grants universities and research institutions the autonomy to operate their endowment fund accounts in commercial banks.
She added that the remaining 60 per cent, which is for infrastructural interventions, would commence soon.
She explained that the policy would kill the zeal of students to push themselves to achieve more.
Mr Atiku said the policy gave an indication of how the Tinubu government behaves like a lost sailor on a high sea.
Efforts to combat the menace of fake certificates by Mr Tinubu’s government come despite lingering controversies on the president’s Chicago State University certificate.
Mr Mamman said, “N NYSC has about 21,684 students parading fake certificates from the Benin Republic, obtained between 2019 and 2023.’’
ASUU had charged the government with a two-week deadline to address all outstanding demands by the union.
This will kick-start the admission process for the current year.
SSANU and NASU have threatened to shut down universities across Nigeria over withheld salaries.
The federal government approved N25 billion to upgrade laboratories and workshops in public universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.
