Parliament agrees to BIUST Phikwe campus, But�

BIUST has three colleges and at least 15 departments; the motion called for relocation of one department. MPs from both sides of the aisle supported the motion which was first negated by the Minister responsible for tertiary education before it was amended to address his and other ruling party MPs misgivings. No division was called when the question was put, implying that the support was unanimous.

There was, nonetheless, a subtle hesitancy by a few front benchers who were present in the House. The initial motion sought to request Government to relocate the department whereas the amended one requested it to consider relocating.