The Need for National Political Reform Conference (12), by Afe Babalola
JUDICIAL REFORMS The Judiciary has suffered a great deal owing to the inactivity or incompetence of some judges or judicial officials manning our courts. It is important to ensure that only those who are fit and competent in terms of knowledge are appointed as Judges and Judicial officials. It is in the light of the above […]
Women should exploit the numerical superiority in politics
By Aare Afe Babalola THE incoming 2023 general elections has again brought to the fore one of the most pressing questions in the modern-day socio-political era; that is: should women not play more active roles in politics? Perhaps this question has become more imperative considering the recent rejection of the Gender Equality Bill by the […]
Establishment of campuses of Nigerian law schools should not be regarded as constituency projects (2)
BY Afe Babalola LAST week, I discussed the recent move by the Senate to create six additional law school campuses for the geopolitical zones which, as decipherable by a discerning mind, is nothing more than an intrusion into the functions of the Council of Legal Education and a superfluous venture into politicising the process. As […]
Ukraine: A victim of Russia’s expansion and world abandonment
THE recent unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Russia is a classic example of the popular saying “that when the strong does what he likes, the weak suffers what he must”.
ASUU: Agreement should be obeyed in performance not in breach
By Aare Afe Babalola THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, was founded in 1978 principally to demand the rights of academic staff in Federal and state universities in the country. In the exercise of this mandate, the Union had never shied away from embarking on warning and indefinite strike actions or even acting as […]
Proliferation of universities despite government’s poor funding of varsities (2)
AS a vast majority of Nigerians celebrated Valentine’s Day on February 14, yet for the students of Federal and state-owned universities, the celebrations were tainted with the news of a one-month warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, who, after several weeks of inviting government and all stakeholders to honour the terms of the previous year’s agreement, resorted to embark on strike.
Proliferation of universities despite government’s poor funding of existing universities
By Aare Afe Babalola THE Lagos State Government recently assented a Bill for the creation of two new universities in the state: the Lagos State University of Education (being a merger and upgrade of the existing Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin and Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, Epe to a University), and the […]
Delayed release of examination results defeats its purpose
THE Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board, JUPEB, last week released results of the 2021 examinations in the wake of the public outcry of students, parents and guardians. While some attributed the delay to the alleged incompetence of the exam body, some alleged the existence of a grand scheme designed to create a panic among the concerned […]
Delayed release of examination results defeats its purpose
THE Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board, JUPEB, last week released results of the 2021 examinations in the wake of the public outcry of students, parents and guardians. While some attributed the delay to the alleged incompetence of the exam body, some alleged the existence of a grand scheme designed to create a panic among the concerned students.
National Assembly not an appendage of the president
By AFe Babalola THE hallmark of democratic governance is the existence of functional legislative institutions. It is a widely acknowledged fact that an effective legislature is not only essential to democracy, but the sustenance of the rule of law. While the constitutional role of the legislature is essentially to make laws, the role of parliamentarians transcend […]
National Assembly not an appendage of the president
THE hallmark of democratic governance is the existence of functional legislative institutions. It is a widely acknowledged fact that an effective legislature is not only essential to democracy, but the sustenance of the rule of law.
