OPINION BY OLABISI DEJI-FOLUTILE: How Nigerian youths can have their way in 2023 | TheCable
his presidential ambition. Ever since that visit, the political atmosphere has worn a new look. National discourse now centres on politics and the media is filled with all kinds of narratives. The cacophony of noise from spin doctors and social media warriors has been deafening.
Students are already becoming agitated. Some of them took to their Twitter handles on Tuesday to lament their lot. One of them said he gained admission in 2016 with the hope of graduating in 2020; this is 2022, yet there is no guarantee that he will leave school this year. This is the lot of many Nigerian students in federal government universities.There is no point rehearsing the problems in our education sector.
Before we get to the point of no return, I think this is the time for Nigerians to ask whoever wants to govern them the plans they have for the people. These plans should be tangible and measurable, not the usual bogus and vague promises that have no substance. Whoever wants to govern the people should tell us how they intend to get the funds to run this country since the country is already overburdened with debts.
The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, has said that polytechnics should seek ways of expanding their sources of income by reaching out to philanthropists. I agree. This is a major source of funding for many higher institutions in the developed world. Companies endow chairs and fund monumental projects and researches. It is one of the ways we can expand the streams of revenue in our institutions and provide scholarship, grants, etc., for students.
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