University of Buea Approves FCFA 7.97 Billion in 2025 Accounts

The University of Buea’s Finance and General Purposes Committee (FGPC) has unanimously approved the institution’s 2025 administrative and management accounts, showing income and expenditure of FCFA 7,979,421,458.

The decision was taken on October 6, 2026, during the committee’s meeting at the Faculty of Science boardroom, chaired for the first time by the university’s newly appointed Pro-Chancellor and Council Chairperson, Professor Gloria E. Ashuntantang.

The meeting reviewed key financial, administrative and academic matters, including outstanding obligations to staff and commercial service providers.

The committee encouraged the university to improve payments owed and reduce accumulated debts.Vice-Chancellor Professor Ngomo Horace Manga welcomed the new Pro-Chancellor, highlighting her experience as a professor of nephrology at the University of Yaoundé and her background in medical practice and academia.

Professor Ashuntantang, in her opening remarks, thanked President Paul Biya for her appointment and called on committee members to exercise diligence, openness and collective responsibility in their deliberations.

New Academic Programmes EndorsedThe committee also endorsed resolutions from the Academic Planning Committee concerning curriculum development and new academic programmes.

These include a five-year Bachelor of Architecture, a PhD in Civil Engineering, and new Master’s programmes in paediatric oncology and geriatric nursing within the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Professor Manga said new programmes are assessed based on their employability prospects, avoidance of duplication and relevance to emerging knowledge and skills.

He also highlighted the growing importance of artificial intelligence, noting that students need to learn how to use the technology as part of their academic and professional development.

The Vice-Chancellor added that the academic year was already underway, with classes ongoing at the Higher Technical Teachers’ Training College (HTTTC) and the Higher Technical Teachers’ Training College (HTTC), while returning students continued to pay their fees.

Professor Ashuntantang said the committee had also examined the 2025 budget across four programme areas covering technological and professional development, the modernisation of faculties, research promotion, governance and institutional support.

The meeting forms part of the university’s governance process, bringing financial oversight and academic planning together as the institution pursues its development priorities.