Between emergency in Rivers and in education sector
THE way Federal Government was "dashing" out universities in various parts of the country. The Tinubu administration even moved further by "adopting" a state-owned university, the Tai Solarin University of Education in Ogun State. Already, Ogun State is the university capital of the country. There are about 10 universities, private and public, in Ogun already. Establishing another federal university there will seem out of place, hence the "adoption" of an existing one. Good thinking? Perhaps. But I am worried about the development because it is a reflection of the quality of thinking that guides the management of public affairs in our country. In the same country where the famous East-West Road remains uncompleted, it was deemed appropriate to begin a N15 Trillion Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road, without appropriate budgeting and tendering process. If that is the case, there can be no problem if we leave existing universities in various stages of their physical...