PREMATURE DISSOLUTION OF GOVERNING COUNCILS (2)   “Some Nigerians feel that the only way they can contribute to National development is to bring children to the world and leave everything about their welfare including their education to the government”.   Last week I began an examination of the recent dissolution by Government, of the Governing Councils of Universities, with emphasis on the effect of similar actions in the past on...Read More

PREMATURE DISSOLUTION OF GOVERNING COUNCILS (3) “It would appear, that the Federal Government is quite aware of the error inherent in its dissolution of the Governing Councils of Universities for on the 1st August 2015, the Government announced that the Governing Councils of Universities had been granted an exemption from the dissolution earlier announced on the 16th July 2015”. Over the course of two weeks I have been discussing the...Read More

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