Ab-initio, the equipoise of our current Governing Councils are tied to the ragged aprons of the political parties, motivated not by nationalism or Pan-africanism but nepotism, tribalism, religious bigotry and chop-chop corruption. Also inclusive are ethnic chauvinism, state-ism, tribalism, religious bigotry and personal rivalry emanating from the darkest armpits of our Universities. Most loathsome is the conspicuous absence of student representation in the University Governing Councils in a democratic Nigeria where the student population – post graduates and undergraduates – out-number those of Academic and Non-Academic workers by over a factor of ten. The proportional membership of students in the restructured Governing Councils may, through student input in the deliberations, influence the duration booty and commencement of strikes. xOur inquisitive student is not to be blamed in her bemusal due to the absence of all, but one autonomy: the chop-chop autonomy.

Source: The Guardian January 25, 2021 03:45 UTC