Speaking Wednesday during the conferment of postgraduate and honorary degrees at UNILAG’s 50th Convocation Ceremony, Mr Babalakin said Nigerian universities cannot continue to survive as ”government departments expecting government largesse”.
Citing examples of universities that have worked hard to be self-sufficient, Mr Babalakin said: “Harvard University today has an average of $36b. Oxford and Cambridge Universities jointly have 22 Billion Pounds . One College in Cambridge has $1.3b. How did these universities achieve this? The founders of these universities realized that universities must invest, create value, save money and be productive.
Mr Babalakin thanked President Muhammadu Buhari, for his “very keen interest and determination to reposition education in Nigeria”. “I urge you to take the position of United States President John F. Kennedy when he came into power in 1959, that the torch had been passed to a new generation that will not be deterred by the frivolities and obstructions of the former. Let us decide that we’ll turn every stumbling block to a stepping stone for the attainment of greater heights.”
But Senators can continue being paid millions per seating!!
They should then survive on their students right? Make the environments condusive for research and get grants, innovations and investors, no, Nigerian government is thinking something else
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