Three-year validity for UTME results ’ll destroy varsity education — AAUA VC

Professor Igbekele Ajibefun is the Vice-Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State. He talks about the challenges facing higher education among other issues with PETER DADA

How has it been serving as the Vice-Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University in the last two years?

The last two years have been challenging but also rewarding in the sense that we have been able to make progress on what I met on the ground. On assumption of duty, I promised to build on that and I want to say that God has been helping me to do that to move the university forward. There have been challenges, especially in the area of finances, but we have been able to cope and the government has been able to give immense support to ensure that the university makes progress.

What is your take on the conflicting policies about admission into universities in Nigeria?

I see Nigeria as an unserious country where things are done wrongly and you see people agitating that they should continue to do it that way. These days, everybody is qualified to enter the university because there is no Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. I was at Abuja for a meeting of VCs. We met at the National Universities Commission and the road to the venue was blocked by youths carrying placards with the inscription, “Cancel Post-UTME.’’ People prefer to take certificates without even going to the university. Our system is bad and unserious. We know what is right and we will never do it and you will see people agitating for the wrong thing.

The National Assembly approved that JAMB result should last for three years. If a candidate doesn’t read anything, it means that the knowledge the candidate acquired three years ago without going to school is still the same. It will destroy the university system. People want free things. They don’t want to make effort.

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Unknown Gunmen Attack Senator Shehu Sani’s Campaign Office In Kaduna

Gunmen have caused serious stir in Kaduna State after storming the campaign office of Senator Shehu Sani to cause havoc there.

Some gunmen who are yet to be identified, have attacked the campaign office of Shehu Sani, the Senator representing Kaduna Central District.
The incident reportedly occurred on Saturday.
According to Daily Post, the assailants were said to have stormed the property while supporters of the Senator were having a meeting.
However, no casualty was recorded in the course of the attack.
As at the time of filing this report, the new Kaduna State Police Command spokesman, Aliyu Usman, was yet to respond to calls and text message put across to him to confirm the incident.

Why Igbos Are Now Decamping to APC

There has been an influx of South-easterners to the All Progressives Congress in recent times with notable a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu pitching his tent with the ruling party.

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has attributed the recent defections of politicians from the south-east to the ruling party to the commitment shown by President Muhammadu Buhari to execute vital projects in the zone.
The National Vice Chairman (South East) of the APC, Emma Enuekwu, stated this while speaking to journalists at the party secretariat in Abuja after a meeting of south-east stakeholders.
The meeting was to plan for fresh membership registration in the zone.
Mr. Enuekwu said Igbos are beginning to have confidence in the new administration and are wiser after the 16-year rule of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.
“The problem with the south easterners before the election was that they felt that PDP was the proper party for the Igbo man which they came to realize lately was not true because they were disappointed. PDP was in power for 16 years and the Enugu-Onitsha road was not done, the Enugu-Port Harcourt road was not done, the second Niger Bridge was not done,” the APC chieftain said.
“When they realized this, they are now seeing that Buhari who has been in power for a little over one year has paid contractors and started doing something about the Enugu-Onitsha road, the Enugu-Port Harcourt road and has started doing something on the second Niger Bridge within one year.”

Boys outnumber girls in the world – UN

A report by United Nations, released on Friday has revealed that girls are substantially outnumbered by boys in the world.

UN, however, called on countries to invest in girls as the majority of the world’s 10-year-olds live in developing countries.

This year’s ‘State of the World Population’ report made available by the United Nations Population Fund, UNPF, focused on the well-being of 10-year-old girls as indicators of development success or  failure.

“An estimated 125 million 10-year-olds are alive today and among them over 60 million are girls and 65 million are boys.

“Over half of the global cohorts of 10-year-olds live in Asia and the Pacific, where there are 111 boys for 100 girls.

“Almost 9 in 10 of the world’s 10-year-olds live in developing countries where girls face obstacles to equal education, healthcare and safety,’’ the report said.

According to Regional Humanitarian Coordinator and Head of Fund, in UN’s Jordan office, Daniel Baker, failure to invest in girls is nothing less than planned poverty.

According to her, “Unless we invest in girls, we are planning to have a poorer future,’’ Baker noted.

The report also indicated that the world’s population grew 1.1 per cent in 2016 to 7.433 billion from 7.349 billion in 2015.