NIGERIA EDUCATION :A NEED FOR EVOLUTION INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.

Written by TEAM SMARTBRAINS


To all Nigerian Students, smartbrains fans, and lovers of education...
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Education is the best legacy, They say. But it is rather disheartening how this very important aspect for the overall development of the human life is hitting bottom low in terms of standard and productivity in Nigeria.
Talking of Education, according to Wikipedia, “Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs and habits”. Looking closely at this definition, it depicts education as a process that is not limited to the four walls of a classroom. It is a process that leads to a development of the thinking, behavioral and intellectual capability of a man.
Shifting our gaze to Nigeria, Our system of education in the ancient times had brought about a high level of productivity. This is simply due to the fact that the westerners that brought Nigeria to this light had done so at the level at which the world was operating on, in the 19th and 20th century.
Prior to the advent of western education in Nigeria, Nigerians basically had two forms of education, the Islamic education and the indigenous education. The Islamic education taught children within the age bracket of five, things pertaining to Islam and the Arabic language. This kind of education was prominent in the northern part of the country. While the indigenous form of education was widely practiced in the western, southern and eastern parts. In this case, children were divided into age groups and assigned different tasks in the society. Children within the age group of two learnt sweeping and other basic cleaning procedures by constantly doing such activities. The older ones learnt farming and other specific trades like wood carving or drumming. This system of primitive education was just enough to survive in the Nigeria of those days.

Formal western education was introduced by the British missionaries in the mid 1800s. This movement was spear-headed by the Anglican church missionary society (CMS), which stared several schools. They built schools in different regions of the then Northern and southern protectorates.
This new system of education had very little acceptability from Nigerian parents then. But it was optimally a representation of the stage of world development. It had the least growth in the north, but a dramatic growth in the eastern part of Nigeria. Its infiltration into the way of life of the people of the west was of a mixed feeling, subjecting the system to a slow but steady growth.
Soon after independence from the British ‘school-masters’, education was made compulsory for all Nigerian children.
Since the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, the world had changed drastically, and so has its educational system.

Nigeria as an integral part of the world had also embraced the change the world had brought. Even the thinking of the now-Nigerian child has changed.
But in-spite of this change, it is unfortunate that the educational system of the giant of Africa has remained adamant to change.
World education has gone beyond just subjecting students to theoretical things alone. It has gone beyond just reading in books and not seeing them as they work for real.
But Nigeria is so stuck up to its out of date methods of learning. The practicality is not there. Government has refused to update the educational system to meet the standard of the world. Or probably, the modern system is too cost-demanding for the government to handle. And government is not willing to invest so much into it. The world has even gotten to the stage of virtual reality.
Veering from the issues with the government, the issues with us, Nigerian students, when viewed from a particular angle is also a major setback to our education.

We, as the 21st century persons have a flare for fun, entertainment and innovation. But all this characteristics of ours is in contrast to the old education system that was meant for minds with little technological exposure.
I have been exposed to the internet, why would I want to go and spend long hours searching for a book in the library, when I could easily get a Pdf file online and make into hard copy if I want to.
Notwithstanding, this configuration of the 21st century student doesn’t scrap out the fact that we need education. It is the best legacy.
But to combine education and the nature we carry, you would agree with me that we need a single platform that is able to educate, entertain, inform and impart us.
Since the government is still a long way from catering for this need, we can turn to the internet. If only there could be a platform that would cater for these our four basic needs for full development; education, information, entertainment and impartation.
In terms of education, a platform that will provide; an e-library, forums to take online test and assessments, tutorials, forums for discussions with students of various other higher institutions, scholarship and admission updates, and a medium to get materials and other utilities via online transfer.
The access to information is a very crucial aspect of human life. This cannot be given in the Nigerian classroom of today, but there is a huge need for it. Hence the need for a platform that gives students up to date information on happenings in their immediate society and the world at large. Information related to sport, entertainment, news, lifestyle, health tips, campus, gist, articles and stories.

Furthermore, adequate entertainment is required to relax the mind and body of students, after been subjected to stress by the lacking Nigerian schools. A platform that provides the latest music, shows that are edu-taining and tours of other places in the country.
A student that is able to get a perfect blend of these three important issues is certain to excel, not only in the classroom but also in the outside world.
In lieu of this, a single platform that provides these three requirements can be affirmed to have imparted the life of students.
I want to believe and I know you do too, that there is a cogent need for such a single platform that is able to educate, entertain, inform and in turn impart students in Nigeria.

The breakthrough of the 21st century technology- the internet is able to provide such a platform that will be within the reach of millions of students.
It would be awesome to simply log on to a single website and get all that we need at our finger tip.

In all we saw the need for a 21st Century platform which in turn will Educate ,Entertain ,Inform & Impart the Students .....This platform is bound to Directly or indirectly move this Great Nation forward... The Question is where is this platform/Brand ? What is this Platform ? How can I get to this platform ? .....But don't  worry the team is working day and night to put things in place for all ,therefore  the     platform is Ready & will be unveiled soon ,Therefore Anticipate!!!

In SMARTBRAINS ,We Educate ,Inform & Impart because in all you do as a student/youth ,your Success is always our pride .....

God bless Nigeria.
God bless All students.

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EFCC SUMMONS OAU's ACTING VC, PROTESTS FOLLOWS

Protesting Union members

By Omole Isaac(O'Zik)

On the 13th of December, 2016, the Acting Vice-chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University honored the invitation extended to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Office, had sent a letter to the Acting Vice-chancellor of the School and the School's Bursar(Mrs Aderonke Akeredolu) in the first  week of December, inviting them for quizzing as regards allegations of the mismanagement of over #1bn naira.
The invitation came as a result of the petition sent to EFCC by certain persons claiming that the Acting Vice-chancellor of OAU diverted a sum of  #1.4bn meant for Projects to pay workers' allowances and other purposes without approval from the Ministry of education and the institution's governing Council.

The Acting Vice-chancellor and the Bursar of Obafemi Awolowo University while in EFCC premises being interrogated on the allegations levelled against them, Unions on OAU Campus were in front of the premises protesting the invitation of Prof. Elujoba for interrogation.
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Non-academic Staff union, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, National Association of Academic Technologists, and Students Union were present raising placards as a means of protest against what they refer as the "Wrong interrogation of Prof. ELUJOBA".

In an interview with our correspondent, A member of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, OAU, Mr Abu A. L. Adamu had this to say :
"Before now, the unions(SSANU, NASU)  have written to EFCC on double deduction of PenCom, two-step differentials and 15%.These petitions have been forwarded to EFCC severally but was not acted upon by the agency until the last administration who are the perpetrators of the offence left.
The Acting VC who has come to redeem the masses of the University and he set up a task force to investigate all monies that are being owed and this monies were not paid into TSA.
The money the Acting VC used in paying Workers' hazards allowances was discovered in a domicile account operated by the last Vice-chancellor, Bursar and Registrar.
We even have information that there are some hidden accounts somewhere operated by the last administration led by Prof Bamitale Omole... "

SSANU chairman, Mr Oketunde while granting interview with our correspondent had this to say :
We were reliably informed that EFCC summoned the Acting Vice-chancellor, Prof. Elujoba, for questioning and when we got to know about that-we feel it is expedient of us to show our displeasure.
The Acting Vice-chancellor has done nothing wrong as a matter of fact, the money he used to pay staff hazards allowances we learnt was lying fallow somewhere earmarked for nothing.
He has been doing very well and that is why we are here. We will ensure that he is not detained. EFCC's action is a wrong step in the wrong direction.  Funny enough, we have forwarded several petitions to them as regards the deduction of pencom, two-step differentials, and 15% and nothing was done..."
The Electoral Commission Chairman of OAU Students Union, Mr Fadele Olusola had this to say :
"We are here for no other reason but to stand by our Acting VC who has been like a messiah to us. First, he de-proscribed our union, renovated hostels, running a smooth academic calendar, paying staff money as at when due, visiting hostels et al.  In fact, he has done things that the last administration couldn't do. So, we feel that EFCC is taking a wrong step because we know that our VC has done nothing wrong. We will not leave this place until our VC is released.. "

Some members of the unions Posited and clamored that the last administration led by Bamitale Omole be probed.

We reliably gathered that the Acting Vice-chancellor forwarded letters to the school's Chancellor and Minister of Education before disbursing the said #1.4bn.

At around 9pm,we were reliably informed by our sources that Prof Elujoba has been freed on the grounds of administrative bail.

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ANUNSA-OAU PRESIDENT WADES INTO THE FINANCIAL CLAIMS SAGA BETWEEN DR. AFOLABI B. S AND A.Y SUG

Akingunola Joel Opeyemi(President,ANUNSA-OAU)

ANUNSA

By Omole Isaac.

The President of the All Nigeria United Nations Students and Youths Association(ANUNSA, Obafemi Awolowo University Chapter, Akingunola Joel Opeyemi, has expressed his opinions on the recent financial claims saga rocking the University.
In an extensive interview with one of our correspondents, Mr Akingunola had this to say as regards the financial claims saga:
" The case should be carefully looked into as "corruption" is one of the major issues hindering many African countries from achieving the collective target set by the UN for member countries to hit by 2030. All parties should get the facts straight and appropriate consequential action be taken based on the discovered facts."

Mr Akingunola also examined the issue as regards its effect(s) on the reinstatement of  OAU's Students' Union where he opined thus :

This issue(The financial claims saga) should in no way hamper the smooth process of granting the legal rights of students to collectively protect their interests. The process preceding the election should in no way be stopped or delayed as several cases of social injustice, insecurity and others are common place ever since the union was proscribed. "

Both issues should be addressed simultaneously and none should hinder the other.

It would be recalled  that on the 22nd of October 2016, the Vice-Dean of the Division of Students Affairs, OAU, made it known at an event which held on OAU's soil that the last administration of the suspended Students' union were allocated 2.5million naira by the University's management which they expended in just three days.

The claim by the Vice-Dean has been countered by the immediate past Financial Secretary of the union. He  alleged that Dr. Afolabi's statement was nothing but false,this he did in a public release issued and signed by him (Olajide Adeyanju Ayodeji).

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OAU: POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT LEGISLATIVE ARM SUSPENDS DEPARTMENTAL PRESIDENT, GENERAL SECRETARY INDEFINITELY.

Effiong Enoch Samuel(Suspended President, NAPSS-OAU)

Rt.Hon Adebowale Miftau(Speaker, PSSRC)

Akintokun Akinyemi(suspended General Secretary, NAPSS-OAU)


By Omole Isaac.

The parliament of the National Association of Political Science Students , OAU, on 21st of October 2016 suspended indefinitely the President and General Secretary of the department's association.

The Political Science Students Representatives Council(PSSRC) gave reasons why the suspension had to take place and it made it known in a public release signed and co-signed by its speaker and clerk, Rt.Hon. Adebowale Miftau and Hon. Lateef Basirat.

The house(Political Science Students Representatives Council )  gave the reasons for the suspension of the President, Effiong Samuel Enoch(Samsynthesis) as follows :
1. The President  failed to attend parliamentary plenary sittings, and he was invited for a sitting which he ended up not attending. 
2.The President increased Freshers' annual dues without ratification by the house or congress. 
3.  The President unilaterally took decisions without the knowledge of the Executive council. 
4.The President failed to report to the speaker of the Departmental  association and the house on his engagements on behalf of the Association.
5. The President failed to implement   the resolutions of the parliament(PSSRC) on sensitive issues affecting the existence of the association(National Association of Political Science Students, OAU chapter). 
6.The Failure of the President to disburse monies to the house,monies meant for the effective running of the parliament as an independent arm.

However, the house stated that the General Secretary, Akintokun Akinyemi David(Y'flows), was suspended due to the following :
1.His inability to renew the association at the Division of Students' Affairs. 
2. His inability to renew the association which Incapacitated the Financial Secretary of association from opening a bank account for the Association.

Radar news network put a call through to Mr Effiong Samuel Enoch(Samsynthesis), the embattled President, and he failed to give a definite reply as to why the house suspended him and his view(s) as regards his suspension.

Also, all efforts to get information from Mr Akintokun(The suspended General Secretary) proved abortive as he declined giving any information on the subject matter while on a telephone conversation with one of our correspondents. 

A student of the Department of Political Science, Ibikunle Mohammed,while reacting to the suspension of the President and General Secretary of had this to tell our correspondent :
" If the gold could got rust, then what should we expect of an iron? The complaints of other executive members that were present at the sitting affirm the fact that the president does not know his onions and to this end I believe that his indefinite suspension is justified.

On suspension of y-flows. He his generally not diligent and not that alone, he equally abridge the constitution. Thus suspending him is simply fine and apt". 

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YELLOBANTTY REACTS TO THE DR. AFOLABI, A.Y SUG FINANCIAL CLAIMS SAGA

Ologun Temidayo Ochuko(YelloBanti)

               

Written by Omole Isaac
              
Of recent, the Vice-Dean of the Division of Students' Affairs, OAU, proclaimed at a summit organized by ACJOAU that "We gave the last administration of the Union a sum 2.5million naira and they expended it in just three days."

However, the Financial Secretary of the union during the last administration has countered Dr. Afolabi's claims saying that the union only received two disbursements, the first being 2million naira and the other 1.5million naira and that the third disbursement did not materialize due to the suspension of the Union. The former Financial Secretary of the Union then challenged the Vice-Dean to present evidences substantiating his claims.

Reacting to the whole saga, the former Financial Secretary of Angola Hall of Residence and a 300-level Political Science student, Ologun Temidayo Ochuko(a.k.a,YelloBantty) in an interview with Radar news network made certain submissions.

According to Mr "YelloBantty", "the alleged accusations made by Dr. Afolabi on the mismanagement of 2.5million by the past union administration as raised eyebrows and attracted criticism on the part of the recently passed administration. Nonetheless, in a sane and democratic society such as ours, concrete evidences is required of the accuser and the accused as touching the sensitivity of this very issue. As the intellectuals we are, I maintain therefore that our criticism and judgment ought to be based on FACTS and nothing more."

On the state of the Union Mr. YelloBantty had this to say... "all efforts and resources at this point in time should be articulated towards the reinstatement of an independent and vibrant union. We shouldn't allow any unnecessary digression of focus towards meager issues as this will not aid in anyway our just struggle for the protection of the interest, life and property of students which only is possible with the existence of a vibrant union structure consisting of effective and efficient union leaders".

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NUC CANCELS PRE-DEGREES, DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES IN UNIVERSITIES; SET TO REVIEW CURRICULA

By Omole Isaac.






Pre-degree and diploma programmes in Nigerian universities have been scrapped. The National Universities Commission (NUC), which took the action, instructed them to leave the running of such programmes for polytechnics and concentrate effort on producing human capital in the core undergraduate, part-time and post-graduate courses.

Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, gave this order at meetings held between October 10 and 12 with vice chancellors of the 143 universities in the country, according to a statement by the NUC yesterday.

He also directed that the research directorate of NUC be strengthened to work with those of universities. This is to co-ordinate research activities in universities and ensure relevance of their outputs. He said the NUC, would engage a mix of old, experienced and young vibrant academics to come up with curricula that would not only be dynamic and responsive to national needs, but also conform to global trends.

Source : The Guardian newspaper

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ALO OLUWASETOFUNMI EMERGES AS PANS NATIONAL PRESIDENT

Alo 'Setofunmi

By O'Zik

The Obafemi Awolowo University chapter of the Pharmaceutical Association of Nigerian Students(PANS) on Tuesday 20th of September, 2016 held Elections to produce National executives - And this is in preparation of receiving PANS national secretariat.

PANS which comprises all Pharmacy Students across the country, would be having her Secretariat in the Obafemi Awolowo University for the next tenure and as  such students of the school(host school) would be occupying key offices in the National Executive Council.
The results of the election showed that the election for the office of National President was very much keenly-contested.
Moreover, Alo 'Setofunmi, a 400L student of the Faculty, emerged as President with 214 votes with Olabanji Kayode and Agbola Gloria trailing with 212 and 42 votes respectively. 

Other winners in the elections include;

Student Exchange Officer- Balogun Stella
Welfare Officer- Oguntoye Tosin
General Secretary- Abayomi-Ola Taiwo
Treasurer- Soyinka Temitayo
Director of Socials-  Aniyi Choosy
Public Relations Officer- Haastrup Adeyeye
Sport Director- Balogun-Agbaje Adeyemi
Financial Secretary-  Ugwuanyi Emmanuel

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PANDEMONIUM ENSUES AS LSS CONGRESS ENDS IN UPROAR

By Omole Isaac

The  Law Students' Society(LSS;OAU chapter) congress which held today ended inconclusive.
The congress which held September 19,2016 was marred with violence and hullabaloo.
The Faculty of law scheduled the ni congress to elect cum nominate persons into the electoral commission and petition of the soon -to-be-reinstated union.
At around 6pm, nominations were made for persons who would be electoral commissioner representing law. And two part 5 law student were nominated - Ayo Toluwalase(AY Toes)  and Akande Paul(Positive).
The floor was then opened for open voting by showing of hands.
In the same wise, Another Part 5 students was nominated for Election petition and he won.
Before the announcement of results, there seemed to be chants and noise by persons who were assumed to be for Akande Paul - they deserted the election venue claiming that Akande Paul had won.
The place however started getting rowdy when certain congressmen began arguing and it resulted in quarrels.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere became calm after a while of wrangling.
The result for the election between Ayo Toluwalase and Akande Paul were announced and it reflected that Ayo Toluwalase had 92 votes and  Akande Paul had 90 votes - the result was announced by Miss Abe Desola(the Vice-President of the Faculty of law).
The moment the results had been announced, controversies ensued as "Jabs" and "blows" became free for all.  Fight erupted between supporters of AY Toes and Akande Paul.
The environment became intensively enveloped with commotion  and confusion.
The President of the Faculty of Law, Ekpa Stanley Ekpa, was almost molested by some law students claiming that he(Stanley) influenced the results of the election between Toes and Positive.
Some persons even threatened to beat up  the Public Liaison Office of the Faculty of Law, Adegbola Adedayo  Aliyu(DeeWhy) and all other executive council member of the Law Students' Society but they were being shielded by some other members of LSS too.

In the midst of all the controversies, the President of the Faculty of Law then announced that the election for an electoral commissioner from the Faculty of Law has been annulled and canceled.

A congressman and a law student who pleaded on the grounds of anonymity had this to say in an interview with Radar news network:
"The result of the election seemed to be controversial but I felt that should not really cause qualms. AY Toes had 92votes agreed but at the same time some of  Positive supporters raised two hands. So, it is not impossible that a candidate emerged, it could have been anybody".
However, the Law Students Society in a release Signed by her President and Public Relations Officer have rescheduled the congress for Wednesday, 21st of September, 2016. 

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Students Turn "FRSC" as Car hits motorcyclist and his passenger around Fajuyi hall

O'Zik

The residents of Fajuyi hall in Obafemi Awolowo University have staged a road bloc to examine cars passing through the road along their hall.
Radar news network was reliably informed that a car driven by an unidentified drunk individual obviously coming from "New Buka" hit a motorcyclist and his passenger around Fajuyi hall bus-stop.
The unidentified individual was said to have been driving under the influence of alcohol and had hit a motorcyclist and his passenger  on the road. An Angry mob however took the drunk driver inside Fajuyi hall.
The motorcyclist is said to be seriously injured and has been rushed to OAU health center,his passenger was said to be  hurt/injured too.
We also gathered that the motorcyclist and his passenger have been taken to OAU teaching hospital complex.
The person who hit the motorcyclist is said to be apprehended already by students and has been kept for interrogation.
According to an interview with Radar news network, a student who pleaded on the grounds of anonymity had this to say :
"  I saw the accident, the motorcyclist legs got broken, the student who was his passenger too sustained serious injuries too".

See pictures below :

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OAU's Division of Students' Affairs invalidates Faculties congresses/Election as regards selection of candidates, Orders fresh congresses

By Omole Isaac

The Division of Students' Affairs of the Obafemi Awolowo University has on the 6th of September invalidated the results of Faculties congresses/Elections that occasioned the emergence of persons who are regarded as representatives from their faculties - And are expected to meet with the Division of Students Affairs and the Vice-chancellor to discuss modalities for the 'deproscription'  of the OAU Students' union.

According to a reliable source who was in the meeting between selected representatives from faculties and the leadership of the Division of Students' Affairs , the Acting Dean of the Division of Students' Affairs frowned at the fact that Faculties went ahead to conduct congresses or elections that produced Representatives who are supposed to become members of the soon-to-be-constituted Electoral commission and Election Petitions Committee when the Union is reinstated. The Acting Dean, Dr(Mrs)  Akinola, stated that she made it clear in the meeting she had with Faculty Presidents last week that each faculty should present two representatives that will meet  with the Vice-chancellor to discuss how to reinstate the union-however, the representatives from each faculty may become members of the electoral committee and Election petitions committee. She further expressed her disappointment at the way certain faculties conducted congresses and elections that produced their representatives; she even hinged on the fact that certain facilities had their nomination process flawed with irregularities.
Our source also mentioned that one of the Representatives elected from the Faculty of Social Sciences told the Acting Dean that it would be wrong for another nomination process be done and that it looks more like the Division of Students' Affairs wants to impose her decisions on students. It was also on record that some persons at the meeting claimed they were not properly informed.

The most paramount resolution of the meeting is that "Faculties should conduct another nomination process (Congress or Election) come 15th of September 2016 where two representatives will emerge from each faculty, one representing each faculty in the electoral commission of the soon-to-be-reinstated-union and another in the election petitions committee. And the nomination process of each faculty begin at exactly 4pm on the said date simultaneously. However, observers from school security unit and DSA will be on ground to monitor the nomination process "

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NANS Election Turns Bloody as Students clash with Security Agents

NANS Election Turns Bloody as Students clash with Security Agents.

Men of the Department of Security Services, Police force and some Nigerian Students on Saturday engaged in a gun battle at the ongoing national convention of thstudents in Abuja.

It was gathered that security agents also arrested a student from University of Abuja in possession of guns and other weapons.

Students across the nation on Saturday converged at the Old Parade Ground in the capital city, in order to elect new leaders for 2016/2017 but there were reports that ‘hooligans’ have concluded plans to hijack the convention and turn it to a ‘battle ground’.

During the accreditation, at about 5:50pm, when our correspondent visited the venue of the convention, two guns and other weapons were recovered from some students.

The head of Security agents at the venue said it is important to ‘engage some acclaimed students who are originally cultists in gun battle because of their readiness to cause mayhem.’

It was also gathered that one of the aspirants, identified as Comrade  IGWE UDE-UMANTA was attacked by hooligans. He suffered severe injuries  and is presently receiving treatment.

One of the persons at the convention who opted to stay anonymous had this to say :

"I am shocked, NANS is still living with the violence it has been known for. In Gombe, Violence occurred, the same occurred in Abuja. The funny thing is the attack on Com. IGWE, one of the leading presidential aspirant in the election. "

igwe-ude umanta 

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Ogun State Students Association Election and the drama behind results of the election.

On the 28th of August 2016, the members of National Association of Ogun State Students (OAU chapter) chose executives who are to lead them for the 2015/2016 academic year.

The election held at    Awolowo hall, precisely around Awolowo hall Warden's office(behind Awolowo hall TV room).
Students belonging to the Association came to the venue of election and had garnered themselves.
Around 5:30pm, the Electoral committee chairman, Mr. Oyewusi Rasheed and the General Secretary for the Committee, Mr Isola Azeez decided that a congress be held before the start of voting.
Congress held between 5:30pm to 6pm. However, the issue of whether the election be postponed or not was raised at the congress but most congresspersons voted that the election hold without any postponement.
By 6pm, candidates aspiring for different positions reeled out their manifestos and that ended 6::45pm.
Before the start of voting proper, issues were raised as regards the mode of identification for voters but that was resolved. However, the electoral committee claimed that it informed all members of the the Association to come with their local government certificate and other genuine means of identification for voting 
Voting started at exactly 6:48pm and lasted till 7:51pm - counting of votes begun in earnest.
At around 8:30pm, electoral committee of the Association were through with counting and they announced the election results as follows :
PRESIDENCY:
Olaniran Teslim(@tessy):27votes.
Bello TOSIN(Miracy):32votes
Void votes : 4votes.
VICE-PRESIDENCY:
Salisu Bukola Shakirat(Bukky) : 39votes.
Babatunde Elizabeth :20 votes.
Void votes : 4votes.

FINANCIAL SECRETARY:
Adedigba Wasiu: won unopposed with more than two-thirds of the votes cast.

General Secretary :
Sadeeq Abimbola : won unopposed with two-thirds of the votes cast.

Reacting to the development, the Financial Secretary-elect in a chat with Radar news network correspondent had this to say :
"I am very happy I won. As a matter of fact I was quite scared."
Speaking on the emergence of a lady as President-elect, the financial secretary-elect opined, "I feel the  position of Presidency should be for a male because men are naturally seen to have the capacity to act but now that a female has emerged ,I would try my possible best to ensure that we work together for the best of the Association and for a smooth administration".

The swearing-in ceremony for the newly-elected executives is billed to hold on the 4th of September, 2016.

Below is the image of the president-elect for National Association of Ogun State Students, OAU chapter :

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ON NYSC MOBILIZATION FOR OAU STUDENTS :OAU's Senate gives August 12 as deadline for departments and faculties to submit students' results...

By Omole Isaac

The Senate of Obafemi Awolowo University has given until Friday, August 12, 2016 for Heads of Departments (HODs) to send in the results of their 2014/2015 graduating students for approval.
In an internal memo by the Deputy Registrar, Mrs M. I. Omosule to HODs, a grace of few days has been given to all departments and faculties to complete the processing of the graduating students was stipulated.
“The University has a grace period of about two weeks to complete the processing of our graduating results to enable us meet the deadline for submission of same to the Division of Student Affairs for NYSC mobilization.
“In view of the above, all Heads of Departments are hereby requested to please forward all graduating results to Senate Division for presentation to the Committee of Deans on or before Friday, 12th of August, 2016 for further processing.” the August 8 memo reads.

It should be noted however that some departments and faculties are yet to complete the processing of results for their students.
Reacting to the Senate's decision, a graduate of OAU, who identified himself as Sunday had this to say, "Is it possible?  Because as for me, I am yet to be summoned for defence. And some of my results for second semester last session have not been released".

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FIRES DIBU OJERINDE, APPOINTS NEW HEAD FOR JAMB AND OTHER PARASTATALS AND AGENCIES ATTACHED TO THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

BY OMOLE ISAAC

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 17 new Chief Executives for Parastatals and Agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education.

The appointment is with effect from August 1, 2016, Radar news network authoritatively gathered. Among the newly appointed educationists is
the former Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, who is expected to head the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

While some of the appointments amounted to the sack of the former CEOs, some others, like the National Universities Commission, had theirs replaced after the tenure of office
of the incumbent.

Those appointed are according to a
document  obtained  are:

National Universities Commission – Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed

Nigerian Institute for Education Planning and Administration – Prof. Lilian Salami

Universal Basic Education – Dr. Hameed Bobboyi

National library of Nigeria – Prof Lanre Aina

National Examinations Council – Prof.
Charles Uwakwe

National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal education – Prof. Abba Aladu

Nomadic education Commission – Prof. Bashir Usman

National Business and technical
Examinations Board – Prof. Isioma Isiugo- Abanihe

Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria – Prof. Sunday Josiah Ajiboye

Computer Registration Council of Nigeria – Afolabi Aderinto

National Commission for Colleges of
Education – Prof. Bappah Aliyu

Tertiary Education Trust Fund – Dr.
Abdullahi Bichi Baffa

National Mathematical Centre – Prof. Steven  mEjugwu Onah

JOINT ADMISSION AND MATRICULATION
BOARD (JAMB) – PROF. ISHAQ OLOYEDE

National Institute of Nigerian Languages – Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche

Librarian Registration Counil of Nigeria –Prof Michael Afolabi

National Teachers Institute – Prof Garba Dahuwa Azare

Similarly, President Buhari has also
approved that the following chief executives to be retained in their respective agencies:

Nigeria Educational Research and
Development Council – Prof. Samaila
Junaidu

Nigerian French Language C\Village – Prof Rauuf Adebisi

National board for technical education – Dr. Mas’ud Kazaure

National Arabic language Village – Prof. Muhammad Mu’az.

The newly-appointed heads of PARASTATALS and agencies are expected to take them forward.
#credits to iwitnessng. Com

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"Is it really the dawn of a new era" as OAU's Acting Vice-chancellor inspects renovation works in hall of residence??? "

It is indeed something that has happened not too often on OAU campus in recent times for a Vice-chancellor to start the renovation works of structures in hostels and inspect them himself.

The simple fact is that the current Acting vice-chancellor for OAU has begun renovation of certain structures in the school (hostels especially) in less than a week of his assumption of office.
And it is quite amazing that he has been supervising and examining the level of progress of these renovation works himself.
Today, he was spotted inspecting renovation works in Moremi and Awolowo halls of residence.

It is quite obvious that from the activities of Prof. Elujoba Anthony that OAU is on the verge of reclaiming it's lost glory.
The simple question is "is Prof. Elujoba the 'messiah' OAU has been looking for in recent years??"

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#ReopenLautech:a Nigerian Student laments. 

Article written by Fawole Israel. 

THE CRY OF A NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT; THE CHANGE WE DIDNOT BARGAIN FOR.

     I find it deep in necessity to scribe my mind and put forward in this piece as necessity beckons that I break my silence as someone as rightly said " those who contribute to the insanity in a society are not just those who witnessed it, but those who keep mute when things incessantly dilapidate" When important issues are not handled urgently they become urgent and degenerate into crisis with collateral damage to the society. I will point out the some of the issues in our educational system in Nigeria, giving an analysis of the paralysis.

      Human right are regarded as legal , social or ethical Principles of  freedom or  other entitlement in the society .Rights are considered fundamental  to civilization being regarded as established pillars of every society and culture, so also education plays an integral role in the development of any society .Truth to this established fact,  Sadly for us in Nigeria the scenario is a very challenging one, there are different challenges confronting the growth of our educational sector in Nigeria one of them which is the havoc wreck of the quota system imposed on us by the northern oligarchy in their own favor which is frontally causing a structural imbalance in our educational sector, a typical example is the current university admission policy introduced by the federal government  ,which needs a very serious attention at the moment . However, government policies so far to the educational sector has been patriotic in the reverse order.

      Last year people around the world applaud the victory of the south African students over the attempt to impose a steep rise in registration , tuition and accommodation ranging from 8% to 12%.The student rose up in solidarity under a unified  body called Socialist Youth Movement , and campaign for free and democratically manage public education .The #feemustfall protest started as a spontaneous movement  from below of angry students who could not tolerate the  pro-rich policy of university management and government any longer .

      After ten days of Struggle, the African National Congress (ANC), government of Jacob Zuma was forced to agree to 0% fee increase in the year 2016 .Although the demand of the free education remain unachieved yet, concession is no doubt humiliating defeat of a government whose pro-rich policy have contributed to making south Africa one the most unequal countries in the world. 

      This victory in south Africa should serve as an inspiration to students all across Africa and especially Nigeria, I will like to use Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho,Oyo state  as a case study where education is gradually being turned to the preserve of the few rich through anti-poor capitalist policies of underfunding and commercialization of education in the University.

       No policy be they academic or not has ever served to benefit the basic interest of the students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in recent history. The institution’s past is most noteworthy for its ceaseless brutalization of its students. It’s most perilous decline yet however began in the year 2010, during the administration of Gov. Adebayo Alao Akala and Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Oyo and Osun state government as the two co-owning states of the institution. The tuition of the institution was increased from #40,000 t0 #150,000 simply because the two states owners states government refuses to perform their civic duty of giving education subvention to the university. in this regard, as the expenditure of the university grows beyond what the internal generated revenue can carter for, the management had to had t resolve to the increment, which led to a massive protest of the student led by the then students’ union president of the institution, com. Adeniji idowu Oluwaseyi also known as I.D Aluta, and was later reduced to #65,000 for indigenes of the two co-owing states and #72,000 for non-indigenes. The threat of tuition fee increment still looms till today, as the school authority increases the acceptance fee of the fresh student from #20,000 to #30,000 and simultaneously with the pre-degree acceptance and tuition fee. To further worsen this condition, the state of security and welfare of the students have declined rapidly since then.  Ranging from more than two thousand cases of theft and robbery to cultism and several cases of rape and physical assault. To all this, the reaction of the administration has been far below expectation. Coming down to academic affairs proper, the situation leaves much to be desired. The infrastructure present are either outdated or incapable of catering for the large number of students who are to make use of it. Learning proper takes place in often highly inconvenient conditions with both lecturer and student finding it hard to properly communicate. After examinations, collection of result seem to be a moribund task, with the management with-holding the results under one guise or the other for up to eight months, sometimes. 

    This is another year when the university is closed down for a clueless reason, SSANU and NASU declared an indefinite strike action, ASUU refuse to go on strike yet for no obvious reason ,a semester is running on six months and still counting , the university id already been closed down for a month and still counting but unfortunate the students union activities has earlier been suspended by the university management. 

   Following the suspension of the students union activities , due to the post- election violence that sum up after the unions' election , On the 10th of June,2016, we received in our students gmail with huge sadness and shock the closure of University till further notice.

    The reasons for the closure of Varsity was stated to be a semester break, but the obvious truth of the closure is actually due to the refusal of ASUU to submit examination questions for examination to commence after all academic lectures and practicals has been rounded up in all departments except for Nursing and Medicine departments owing to the fact that the university management is owing ASUU members huge amount of salary and their earn academic allowance.

   Reports from reliable sources has it that for the past years the university management has the running the affairs of the school on the university internal generates revenue due to the fact that the two owner state governments which are Osun and Oyo state had not been funding the university , which led to the increment of the freshers acceptance fee last year, it was also stated that for the past five to six years the two owner state governments have not contributed anything to the development of the institution which is quite obvious as we can see the projects been executed are funded by the hard earned federal government education fund which ASUU fought for some years back. 

    I however do not want to dwell on rightness or wrongness of ASUU's action and the Managements reaction, but the constant disagreement has had negative effects on students of the institution.

    It has become a norm that Lautech is known for unstable Calendar, we go on strike almost every session based on the slightest disagreement, however we must note that it is high time we find an alternative conflict resolution mechanism. 

   Historically, the last three years have come with strike and coincidentally those strike have been in the month of June, we cannot fold our arms and watch, let's know that other Universities also experience disagreements but if there was unity, things can be sorted out.

     I totally want to express my deep concern towards this latest development, knowing fully well that Students even have to travel again to long distances and looking at the rate of accidents lately, it is not advisable that students leave the University, remember that they never came for Tourism and shouldn't leave like they are on expedition, safety of life and property which the University has attached this decision to may not be achieved if students are allowed to travel in the Psychological state , gosh, that sucks ! We must ensure that we stop repeating same mistakes that we have repeated all along.

    It high time we also advocate our right, just as ASUU is advocating for their own rights too, we are in no way contesting the right of ASUU to demand their right nor the powers of the school to declare closure but when this decisions alter future of thousands then we may begin to ask what we are been thought as leaders of tomorrow.

    The two owner state government of Governor Abiola Ajimobi and Mr. Rauf Aregbesola of Oyo and Osun state should please consider our future and consider the funding of education fundamental enough to the development of our country.

     The above is the cry in virtually all State and Federal institutions all around the country.  Just like South-African student , Nigeria students have a lot of reasons to declare a national boycott and mass protest on the scale of the sort of nationwide mobilizations of student which they were known for in the 80s under the then vibrant and ever militant National Association of Nigeria Student  (NANS).

      To start with, there are still a large number of Nigerian youths who are deprived of freedom to learn for a lot of reasons, poverty or prejudice or the absence of adequate and effective educational facilities and policies. And as citizens of a democratic society whose moral premise is that each individual has a right to that education that will permit him to achieve his maximum growth as a person, our duty is to work for, and support, whatever measures of reconstruction we deem necessary to remove the social obstacles to freedom of learning.
  
      Now despite over more than 10years economic boom when Nigeria made millions of dollar daily crude oil sales (with exception of the decline during 2007/2008 global economic crisis) , funding of public education as been a meager stipend while fees increased , not even talking the wasteful time of ASUU strike actions .

      The result is a big financial burden on working class parent who have suffered untold hardship to scrape together money to pay high fees at the beginning of every academic session. Apart from those who face autonomic exclusion and do not even bother to make the effort  to apply ,thousand more drop out of school after their  first or second year when their poor payment savings suddenly run dry ,when there is a sudden hike in fees or familiar member, lose jobs or fall sick.

      For instance, after the Babatunde Raji Fashola led Lagos state government in 2011 the school fees of Lagos state University skyrocket from #25,000 to an alarming #350,000, the full-time students’ population of the university dropped from about 20,000 to around 12,000 over the course of the next three years. It took a massive struggle involving students, education unions, and groups like Education Right Campaign (ERC), National Association Of Nigerian Students (NANS), Joint Action Front (JAF), for the skyrocketed fee to be reversed in August, 2014. The same case happened in Obafemi Awolowo University Ile ife and University of Ibadan last year.
         
     As a result, the government resolve to making pro- capitalist policy at turning public education into a profit-making venture, funding for essential facilities in the tertiary institutions is being cut. While grants given to faculties and departments are never enough to cover their most basic overhead cost. After paying tuition, students will have to pay huge amount of money as faculty fee, departmental fee and other administrative titled fees. Essential facilities like hostels, water, electricity supply, and security and medical clinics are rarely allocated enough funds even though Ladoke Akintola University is a non-residential school, students had to sort their accommodation with the host community of Ogbomosho which is another expensive expenditure after paying the huge tuition fee.

   Government’s mantra has been that universities and tertiary institutions should find creative ways of improving their Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, through increasing fees, applications for grants from donor agencies and private bodies and setting up enough profit ventures like ‘pure water’ and bottled water businesses, pre-degree, distance learning and ICT training programs etc.

      While the idea that tertiary institutions should engage in business and other ventures aside their core objective often lead to wastage of time, energy and resources on activities that have no correlation to improving quality of education in the respective institutions, this practice also expose students and members of staff to horrible welfare and working conditions .In fact, so terrible are the conditions of study in Nigeria that the students are dying in droves across the country due to the negligence and inadequacy of functional facilities and reluctant personnel. 

      Without any good sanitary provision and the lecture theatres, libraries and laboratories which are often denuded of the reluctant materials for learning, it is only recently that the reality has begun to dawn that so underfunded, under-provisioned and under-staffed at the health centers into which many students have gone, never to return.

      Another ridiculous scenario, under the pressure of cut in allocation and the need to ensure that only properly registered students benefit from medical attention, even though they paid for it already, the institution have now adopted a ridiculous policy that authorized medical personnel to withhold treatment unless an identification of the health center is produced regardless of their state at consciousness even school identification card are not considered. 

      This has led to at least six deaths that I know of last year. Examples are Fathai Kolawole at Ladoke Akintola University, ogbomoso, Mayowa Alaran at the University of Ibadan, Oluchi Anekwe at the University of lagos, Akintaro Rapheal at the Polytechnic Ibadan and Maria Atere at the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta. They were all neglected at their respective institution’s health centres and died in the process.

     Our society cannot continue to imbibe its fabrics with incessant and apparent exhibition of absurdities by the government and school authorities in our institutions of learning. In this jet age when academic excellence and moral uprightness is taking it pride of place in most develop countries, our society must not pay deaf ears by allowing our students to continue to wallow in abject neglect of their financial status. Without fighting for improved funding of education and democratic running at schools, not only would hundreds of thousand continue to be excluded from higher education, even the few who are fortunate to afford the high fees would find themselves falling victim of the terrible condition in the system. In this wise, we have to build a mass movement to demand that education should not be both debt and death sentence.

     Unless something is hurriedly done, the condition of public education look set to get worse in the next period. The situation in Osun, Oyo, and Kogi States where public education has come under threats are indications of what to expect. Using the economic crisis and revenue decline as an excuse, the Buhari government could implements austerity policies dressed up as cost-saving measure.

     During his first coming as a military ruler in 1984, Buhari stopped the public- funded cafeteria system which ensures subsidized meal for university students. Given half of a chance, they could completely convert public education into something the children of the poor cannot have a chance at having, and their excuse would be the on-going economic crisis and the need for reforms.

     But one central lesson that all students in Nigeria must take from the struggle in South Africa is that even during an economic crisis, we can force government to retreat on its neo-liberal attacks on education and win big concession on fees, funding, living and learning conditions also correct the structural imbalance of the quota system in our educational structure.

     As I write you this epistle Obafemi Awolowo University , Ile Ife , Osun state and Ladoke Akintola University Of Technology, ogbomoso , Oyo state , Kogi state university, Kogi state is closed down for failure of the government to carry out their fundamental duties . The situation is dire but all is not yet lost. Proactive action here and now can prevent the total destruction and desolation of even the charade of Educational rights shown by the Buhari led government. It is within the purview of the NANS, ERC and JAF bodies to come to the aid of students and summon the might and power of all other student bodies to talk and/or fight our way out of this malady, before students from less privileged homes are finally and blatantly denied their most basic rights to sound and quality education. If care is not taken people call Nigeria giant of Africa, Nigeria will not only become dwarf but shrub of Africa. 

    As I drop my pen at this point, I will not hide under obscure or pseudo-monikers I am yours in nation building, Fawole Israel Olamiposi, Nursing department, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho Oyo state. He is the Speaker Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences Student Association.

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#REOPENLAUTECH: CRY OF A NIGERIAN STUDENT.

THE CRY OF A NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT:A SOLIDARITY CALL FOR SANITY

Segun Alara,(fictional name), an indigene of Ibadan ,the largest native municipality in sub-sharan Africa , situated between the grassy plains of the guinea savannah and the verdant expands at tropical rainforest , the capital city of the old great Oyo Empire now Oyo state and also a neighboring state to the old mighty Ife Empire now state of Osun. He (Segun) joyfully gained admission into a foremost University of Technology in Nigeria to study Electronics/Electrical Engineering in the year 2009, friends and families could hardly grab some peaceful moment as he kept reiterating his joyful story into their ears, friends rolled out drums, family members threw parties, all meant to celebrate his triumphant entry into a University but seven years after Segun is still struggling to complete his eight semester. Many people have queried his duration in school but is it the government’s fault who has failed to take education so seriously and has refused to give subventions to institutions and take up other responsibilities, Segun's fault, educational Unions’ (ASUU, SSANU, NASU and NAAT) fault whom in the cause of demanding the government do their responsibilities resolve to strike actions or the fault of his parent that couldn’t afford the tuition fee of a private University?.

The lamentable and mourning state of our educational sector needs alacritous attention and the sinking ship of our educational sector needs a rescue. I will not go too far, but rather pitch my tent at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo state. A state university co-owned the state governments of Oyo and Osun state.

Ladoke Akintola University of Technologhy has been embroiled in crisis for over a month now. The students are at home as a result that the management declared an indefinite semester break a week to exams as a result of ASUU’s refusal to submit examination questions in demand for their twenty-two months arrears of allowances and salaries of some few months. In their demand they demand that the owner state governments take up their civic responsibility and properly fund the university. The university hosted by Oyo and Osun state is sinking gradually as SSANU and NASU chapter of the institution declared an indefinite strike owing to the looming financial crisis.

It is, however, very unfortunate that Gov. Abiola Ajimobi and Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, who are visitors to the university allowed matters to degenerate to such ugly length due to their non-challance and complete disregard for public tertiary education in Oyo and Osun state. The Lautech snub started about six years ago when the Oyo State Government and Osun State Government under the administration of Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala and Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola started a case on the ownership of the institution, this ownership tussle between the states led to the two owner states completely abandoning Lautech to its fate, and in struggle to cater for the expenditures of the institution the management had to increase the tuition fee of the students from #40,000 to #150,000.

The solidarity protest response of the students to the sky rocketed fee led to the closure of the school for over three months then. Amid the protest of Lautech students against the 2010 increment, the management and the owner state governments of the University also embarked on an aggressive propaganda to water down the backlash of the public against the fee hike. The central premise of the argument by the management against the fee hike solidarity was; complaint over the dwindle subventions from the owner states government and the need to develop and sustain quality in the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, hence students must pay. But quite after a long protest of the students a consensus was reaches among the students and the management and the hike saw a reduction from #150,000 to #65,000 for the indigenes of the owner states and #72,000 for the non-indigene students and the acceptance fee of the fresh students to be #20,000. The recent increment in the acceptance fee of the fresh students seems to be another beginning of increment of fee in the institution. Barely three years after the hike, the managements’ arguments haw been debunked by realities of things we can see with our naked eyes, while the increment has failed to justify its existence according to the estimation of the fee hike.

This nagging crisis of almighty ASUU refusal to submit examination questions which led to the closure of the school has afforded me the time to have a closer or let me say a personal review of the ‘holy gholistic’ increment of the tuition. Looking through the estimation on the tuition receipt, I kept on fixedly gazing on the development fee of #30, 000 out of the twelve listed estimation. Then questions heaped on my mind ‘development of what …’ an obvious pellucid reason for is , so far ,is the condition Lautech has been during the time when fee was #40,000 and now make no major difference. Well, consoling myself, the money was probably used to pay the workers’ salaries before the educational unions in the university unleash their wrath of strike against the management since the owner state governments never consider the funding of education that paramount to the development of the country.   And today it is another great testimony to Nigerian corruption as the money meant for the development of the institution is being diverted to payment of salaries since the government has shy away from their responsibilities. Ladoke Akintola University needs fervent prayer for it to recover from its perilous declination. The grandeur, ivory towerness and charm of modern universities are absent in Lautech. The door ways have no doors, the windows have no louvers. The rustic and perilously hanging ceiling fans have not worked for over a decade. The environmental stench drifting even into the classrooms is overpowering. Lecturers offices are not much better than the afore described classrooms. This can be very shocking information to other undergraduates but Great Ladokites” have taken this aberration in their strides.

Remuneration and welfare packages for Lautech lecturers are better kept secret to prevent the hearer suffering a breakdown. What do we expect from a university where allowances arrears can sum up to twenty-two months talk less of complete basic salary.

Lautech educational unions should unite with the Vice Chancellor to present a combined strength to challenge the two owner states government's unwillingness to invest in infrastructural improvement and development of the school. The VC too is helpless in the face of the Governor’s intransigence and unwillingness to modernize facilities on campus.

It is highly regrettable and unfortunate that Gov. Abiola Ajimobi and Mr Raur Aregbesola of Oyo and Osun state is heeding the advice of their conservative political godfathers whose private universities’ admissions will swell as a result of the Lautech crisis or any crisis in the public University system.

This inscrutable stance is understandable when we realise that in Nigeria today, nearly every governor or the wife has a university or is directly or remotely connected to the proprietorship of private universities. And so for the private universities to grow, the public universities must be unfunded to create an atmosphere of confusion and indefinite strikes.

Nigerian leaders are not well educated on the intrinsic value of education for the total development of its Citizenry and economy. Education is the only lifetime you can throw at a drowning man to rescue him. It is the only social fabric and infrastructure that can
guarantee an assured tomorrow.

President J.F. Kennedy of America once said: “Our progress as a nation cannot be swifter than our progress as a nation”. That is, education is the bedrock and surest index for development in the American society. That is why Harvard, Yale and Massachusetts Institution of Technology have overtaken British universities in global rankings.

Horace Mann a great philosopher postulates that “a human being is not in any sense a human being, till he is educated”. Henry Peter Brougham says further: “Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive, easy to govern but impossible to enslave”. But it was the great and
famous Greek Philosopher – Aristotle who hit the nail on the head. He said: “Educated men (and women) are as superior to uneducated men (and women), as the living are to the dead”.

So of what economic benefit are millions of “living dead men” to the country? Today Oyo and Osun State is the world’s capital of Area Boys. In fact, the government has now recognized Area Boys and given them uniforms of many colors, starting from the congenitally corrupt, crude and undisciplined YES-O and O-YES officials whose modus operandi outdates Shakespearean times and the two Governors are aware of all these.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi and Mr. Rauf Aregbesola of Oyo and Osun state should move their priority from environmental sanitations and their pro-rich and anti-poor capitalist policies to funding of education because it is the only legacy that will outlast our roads and and airports. I
have seen wonderfully adorned roads and boulevards but truly they do not last, just like ogbomsho-oyo express road that has turned to a blood sucking monster need to be reconstructed.

True, Oyo and Osun indigenes and elders should prevail on the two governors Abiola Ajimobi and Mr. Rauf Aregbesola of Oyo and Osun state  to leave an enviable record on education that will transform the image and economic strength of the presently average state to one of the
greatest economies in the world. After all, California is the world’s fourth largest economy in spite of the fact that it is a dependent state within America. Our States can be like California if we make education our priority. Gov. Abiola Ajimobi and Mr. Rauf Aregbesola of Oyo and Osun state can do this by unconditionally reopening all closed tertiary institutions and seconday schools in States and investing heavily on education.




Fawole Israel Olamiposi writes from Ibadan , he is an undergraduate in a Nigerian University. 

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WELCOME ADDRESS FROM THE CHIEF EDITOR

From the Chief Editor's desk

Radar News network is  a news agency that serves persons with undiluted information on issues around the globe.
It has as its chief Editor cum Head of management team, Omole Isaac Ade'.
Omole Isaac Ade is currently a student of Law in the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University.
He has wealth of experience ranging from serving as Public Relations Officer of the Association of Campus Journalists, O. A. U;Member of editorial crews of certain press outfits, current Public relations officer of the National Association of Nigerian Campus Editors, freelance Journalist with the point newspaper, renowned publicist et al ...

Radar news network can currently boast of excellent crop of seasoned Journalists, correspondents, reporters, columnists. It also has experienced persons as members of its management team/board ranging from the Deputy editor-in-chief, Public relations officer et al...

As a matter of fact, we train persons in the basics of Journalism, and also encourage persons with writing skills by publishing their mouth-watering articles, stories, poems, etc.

Little wonder, we have the motto
 "....We serve you undiluted info, hence
giving journalism a new meaning....


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Omole Isaac Ade'
Chief Editor/Head, Management team, Radar news network.

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