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The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has recieved the highest Budgetary Allocation from the Minister of Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube’s 2023 national budget.Professor Ncube said all this in his budget presentation to lawmakers at the new Chinese-built Parliament in Mount Hampden, 23 kilometers (14miles) north of the capital, Harare.
In his capacity as Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube added impetus to the National University of Science and Technology projects.
In an excerpt released and seen by TechnoMag, Higher, Tertiary, Science Technology and Education Minister Professor Amon Murwira said NUST is the bedrock for the country’s Industrialization and modernization hence Minister Mthuli Ncube allocating it the lion’s share.
Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Amon Murwira added,
“Science and technology innovation are the bedrock of our progress and Nust is a very important leading university which is actually a university of science and technology. It therefore means we are paying special attention to Nust because for years Nust was in the wrangles of construction contracts and all sorts of things and we have overcome all that,” he said.
“We are now constructing Nust on our own and the road is very clear and the intentions are very clear to make Nust the mother university of science, technology and innovation.”
Minister Murwira said Nust is a specialised university which requires specific infrastructure and the Government is going to fill its infrastructural gaps.
The Professor also said the thrust that the Government has for Nust is in tandem with Vision 2030.
“As Nust is our mother university in terms of science, technology and innovation, so we are just behaving according to our intentions,” said Prof Murwira.
Minister Ncube’s allocation is placing special attention on construction works at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) as it is poised to be the bedrock of the country’s industrialisation and mordenisation, which has seen it receiving the highest budgetary allocation as confirmed by Minister Murwira.
President Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa’s Second Republic has shown a new impetus towards the development of Nust whose construction projects have been stagnant for years.
Bulawayo’s first University now has a Technovation Centre and Library.Nust has received the highest budgetary allocation among State universities in the 2023 National Budget presented by the Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube last Thursday.
Nust has been allocated money reaching the $1 billion mark towards construction works, for the second year running.
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr John Panonetsa Mangudya released for Treasury to allocate $9,8 billion towards infrastructure development at State universities with Nust chewing over $1,2 billion from the total amount.
NUST has been the only university to get a budgetary provision exceeding $1 billion.
Bulawayo’s only university was allocated $600 million towards the construction of the Nust library while $500 million was budgeted towards the construction of the Technovation Centre, formerly the Students Service Centre as well as $130 million for innovation hubs and industrial parks.
Also from the $130 million, $80 million is for the innovation hub and $50 million for the development of the industrial park, an amount which was also allocated across all 11 state universities.
Government continued funding, has seen relative progress being registered in the construction of outstanding buildings at Nust such as the Technovation Centre.
Only seven of 27 buildings have been completed and some buildings are now dilapidated.
The Nust library site removed a construction crane which had become a symbol of lack of progress at Nust for years.
Zimbabwe President Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa recently laid a foundation stone for the construction of the Technovation Centre.
Dr Mnangagwa said, “The Technovation Centre must empower academics and students to develop cutting edge science, technology and innovation-based solutions to solve societal challenges and exploit opportunities which the economy has to offer.”
Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Amon Murwira, also added that Nust is strategic towards the country’s industrialisation agenda.
Resultantly, Minister Murwira said more attention will be placed towards its development as it had for years had lagged behind in terms of infrastructure development.
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