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RSITIE VE S C NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION NI O U M L M A I S N S O I I O T N A N T E HO IC UG ERV HT AND S MONDAA PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Y www.nuc.edu.ng Bulletin 0795-3089 5th August, 2019 Vol. 14 No. 30 Nigeria Must Elevate Education for its Survival - Prof Gambari ormer Minister of Foreign development that engaged the He condemned the practice Affairs and Ambassador e f f o r t s a n d a t t e n t i o n o f whereby students were trained only Ft o U n i t e d N a t i o n s , government and all segments of to be able to provide for their daily Professor Ibrahim Gambari, has the society. bread, while negating the holistic advised that with the present challenges confronting Nigeria, what was required for survival a n d c o m p e t i v e n e s s i n a globalising world was elevation of education as principal tool for p e a c e , c i t i z e n s h i p a n d entrepreneurship. This was contained in his Commencement lecture entitled “The place of university E d u c a t i o n i n G l o b a l Development” delivered at the 5 t h undergraduate and 1 s t postgraduate convocation ceremony of Adeleke University, Ede. Convocation Lecturer, Adeleke University, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari and The Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Abubakar A. Rasheed Inspecting a Guard of Honour. He called for a holistic national He advised that government, approach to education which was a education policy that would private sector and general public total formation of human nature move the country forward and must get more serious with and development. make it competitive in an education and move from the increasingly globalised world. notion that it was only a meal Professor Gambari pointed out that ticket meant to conquer hunger. the place of university education He said that education sector was in global development was a vital tool for socio-economic in this edition Covenant Varsity Produces 215 First Class, Dr. Ramon-Yusuf, Dr. Kumo Appointed Professor Shugaba Now UNIMAID Vice-Chancellor Pg. 11 Out of 1,341 Pg. 4 Deputy Executive Secretaries Pg. 9 EDITORIAL BOARD: Ibrahim Usman Yakasai (Chairman), Mal. Haruna Lawal Ajo (Editor), Ogbonnaya Okoronkwo, Mrs. Franca Chukwuonwo, Miss Bunshak T.S, Francis Azu, Udey Felix, Aja-Nwachukwu Samuel, Sadiq Abubakar Enquiries: [email protected] 5th August, 2019 Vol. 14 No. 30 enormous and Nigeria could not qualities that made university term planning and dearth of quality be divorced from the global education great which he listed as academic staff, especially at trend. quality teachers, enabling Professorial cadre as some of the He stated that education was not just about acquiring literacy and means of livelihood, but a process of producing complete individual that was capable of making right choices in complex situations. In which case, education was the foundation around which the multi-track approach to building citizenship, peace and development in an unending process revolved. He further stated that to make this a reality, the focus should not only be on training students Prof. Rasheed with Founder of Adeleke University, Dr. Adedeji Adeleke a b o u t t h e s k i l l s n e e d e d environment for learning and factors responsible for the decline. immediately upon graduation, international competitiveness. but efforts should also be made He stressed that there was a nexus t o i n v e s t i n l o n g - t e r m He said however, that the reality b e t w e e n e d u c a t i o n a n d intellectual, creative and social on ground showed that there was development especially in the capacity of the individual. L-R Profs. Rasheed, Gambari, and Alao and Yakasai decline in the quality of higher university system which advanced While decrying the present state e d u c a t i o n i n N i g e r i a a n d human capacity building for of university education, he said identified lack of adequate long- sustainable development and that there were basically three Page 2 A Publication of The Office of The Executive Secretary 5th August, 2019 Vol. 14 No. 30 human security. This, he said, ,was essential for He said that inadequate and peace and overall wellbeing of the declining funding of universities “In this regard, it is imperative society. Professor Gambari and higher education in general, that while we act locally, we opined that to ensure a more made it difficult for universities to should think globally in order to peaceful, just and descent society, recruit and above all retain quality survive and prosper in the N i g e r i a n e e d e d t o b u i l d staff, engage in research and increasingly inter-dependent world. It is only through e d u c a t i o n w i t h g l o b a l development in view that we would be able to surmount our challenges. Peace, democracy and development will be enhanced when political power is held and exercised by people with adequate understanding of domestic and international environment”. Professor Gambari noted that inadequate funding due to low Prof. Rasheed and Founder Adeleke University, Dr. Adedeji infront of the Senate building. priority given to education, poor management of resources i n s t i t u t i o n s l i k e A d e l e k e provide conducive environment for available to the sector and University with global standards. learning and research. endemic corruption which had He called for developing new created the mentality of looting education policy that emphasised He pointed out that the nation could and wanton exploitation by some t e c h n o l o g y , s c i e n c e , not afford to leave the funding of people in positions had also entrepreneurship, peace and education to various segments of contributed to the fallen standard nation building. governments alone as subventions of education in the country and were inadequate and would only c o n s e q u e n t l y l e a d i n g t o He commended the founder of the exacerbate the already dismal state underdevelopment. institution Dr Adedeji Adeleke for of the sector. the pragmatic initiative in He further stated that Nigeria establishing the university, The universities and other could not be divorced from expressing appreciation to the institutions of higher education global trend of development, m a n a g e m e n t f o r t h e i r should also not be left alone to emphasising that with an contributions to Nigerian struggle with the onerous task of education system that focused on University System and working generating revenue internally. The global development, the country tirelessly to enhance the quality of organised private sector and other would be able to produce higher education in Nigeria. stakeholders must collectively join political leadership with sound hands towards development of all u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f s o c i a l , On the way forward, Professor levels of education in the country. p o l i t i c a l , e c o n o m i c a n d Gambari advocated for more He further called for aggressive ecological challenges. investments in education by both retraining, reorientation and the government and private sector. motivation of teachers at all levels. Page 3 A Publication of The Office of The Executive Secretary 5th August, 2019 Vol. 14 No. 30 Covenant Varsity Produces 215 First Class, Out of 1,341 Covenant University (CU), Ota, new generation of leaders, who generate impact in their various Ogun State, recently held its by their exposure and training in vocations in life and that without 14th convocation ceremony the rudiments of Leadership prejudice to the pursuit of academic where 1,341 Bachelor's and 239 Development would be equipped excellence”. higher degrees in various to offer “Afri-centric” solutions disciplines were awarded. to Africa's plethora of challenges. In a goodwill Message, the ES Wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo (3rd left); Bishop and Mrs Oyedepo ( (4thRight &5th left) and Prof. Rasheed (3rd right) in a group photograph with other dignitaries after the Convocation NUC Prof. Abubakar Adamu In the Bachelor's degree A c c o r d i n g t o h i m , t h i s Rasheed commended the founder category, 215 representing Leadership Development Studies and chancellor, Dr. Oyedepo for his (16.03%) made first class, 668 (LDS) programme focuses on vision in establishing the university (49.81%) second class upper learning leadership skills that and his commitment to excellence. division, 415 (30.95%) second prepared students to function in class lower division and 43 positions of responsibilities in Prof. Rasheed also said that the (3.21%) third class. their respective careers. university has one of the best built campus in Nigeria and advised In his speech, the Chancellor and In his words, “At Covenant until them to imbibe the culture of Chairman, Board of Regents, Dr.