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Reject proposed 80 new universities, revitalise existing universities (2)
LAST week, I started an examination of the effect of the bills currently pending before the National Assembly for the creation of 80 new Federal Institutions of higher learning. I detailed how this would be counterproductive given that most…
Reject proposed 80 new universities, revitalise existing universities
IT is no longer news that the members of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) have been on strike for some time now. The strike, much like several which were called in past, is meant to call attention to the decline in…
National minimum wage and peculiarities of the localities (1)
A few weeks ago, the organised labour announced its decision to call out workers on a nationwide strike to press home the need for an increase in the national minimum wage which as at today is fixed at N18,000 under Section 1 of the The…
APC: The morning after convention
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) held its national convention on June 23, amidst contentions and acrimony among members in some states, with the threat by the nPDP of pulling out of the party. The emergence of Comrade Adams…
Nigeria’s political cross carpeting: Danger to democracy (3)
“To reduce the rampant spate of cross-carpeting, Section 68(1)(b) of the constitution should be scrapped completely or be amended by requiring the legislator to obtain a court order recognising the division before dumping his party”.…
Forced slavery and self imposed slavery in Nigeria and beyond (2)
Last week I traced the origin go the slave trade and how slaves captured in Africa were transported to the New World in harrowing conditions which left millions dead. I detailed the efforts made to curb the trade and how within Africa…
Forced slavery and self-imposed slavery in Nigeria and beyond
“We think this trade must go on. That is the verdict of our oracle and the priests. They say that your country, however great, can never stop a trade ordained by God Himself.”
In mid November, CNN broadcast a video showing how…
Current strike by ASUU: Matters Arising (1)
“Instances abound in which students who otherwise ought to have been fully engaged with their studies were made to spend months on end at home with absolutely nothing to do. Faced with so much time many students easily drift towards crime…
Education, constitutional responsibilities and governance in Nigeria (7)
“Government inertia or failure is not the greatest loss; the greatest loss is when educated minds fail to inspire the next generation.”.
LAST week, I started an examination of the last of the pathways to educational security…
Education, constitutional responsibilities and governance in Nigeria (4)
“Quality education cannot be cheap. The only cheap commodity I know of is ignorance. Ignorance is free. Anyone can freely elect to be ignorant but at a high cost to him/herself! But when we speak of high quality education, I tell you…