PREMATURE DISSOLUTION OF GOVERNING COUNCILS (4)   “What most governments at the State and Federal levels do is to appoint people based on political considerations. There have been reported cases of council members requesting either contracts or even cash for members of their constituencies in the belief that they were appointed to serve the interests of the said constituencies and not the institution itself.”   GOVERNING COUNCILS                        As I stated...Read More

As a result of this the Committee of Pro Chancellors under my chairmanship met to deliberate on the possibility of scrapping JAMB. At the end of intense debates which as a matter of fact was witnessed by top management of JAMB, the Committee of Pro Chancellors recommended the scrapping of JAMB to the Presidency. However following intense pressure, the then President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR, decided to adopt a middle...Read More

“I am aware that in choosing institutions, students and their parents take a lot of things into consideration such as proximity, cultural or traditional background, the status or reputation of the university and even religion and economic means”.   In continuation of my examination of the controversy generated by the policy announced by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board by which the choice of students in deciding which institution they would...Read More

    “The State Houses of Assembly have the powers to make laws with respect to primary education. Rather than embark on programmes which have already been embarked upon by the State governments pursuant to laws enabling them in that regard, the Federal Government should identify other ways of keying into the programs of the States. One of such ways could be an increase of funding to the State Governments...Read More

“Prior to the first devaluation of naira in the 80s, naira exchanged favourably with major currencies. A university graduate could hope to save enough money few months after graduation, sufficient to purchase a brand new car. With drop in value of naira, the car became a commodity out of the reach of many university graduates. Graduate cannot even afford to purchase a used car called “Tokunbo”. Development effectively destroyed the...Read More