The president’s disappointing October 1 message, by Adekunle Adekoya
NOT a few Nigerians, especially me, expected that there would be something to hold on to when the President made his speech commemorating our National Day, October 1, yesterday morning. As a newspaperman, I read the message more than three times, looking for that strand of a message that could give hope that at the […]
ASUU strike and its grim comedies
By Adekunle Adekoya “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” — Malcolm X. IT is trite news that the nation’s public universities, especially those owned by the Federal Government, are currently not in the expected work mode, as lectures are not being given because lecturers are on […]
Re: ASUU must not allow insanity drive its strikes
I yield this space today to readers of this column who felt strongly about my position on the ASUU strike and reacted. Follow their minds. Dear Sir, Your article missed out many facts — ETF which later became TETFUND came into being as an outcome of the FGN/ASUU Agreement of 1992. In response to government […]
ASUU must not allow insanity drive its strikes
By Adekunle Adekoya “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” THE quote above is usually attributed to renowned physicist, Albert Einstein, famous worldwide for his Theory of Relativity. But Einstein never said those words, just as “who will guard the guards”, a question frequently attributed to Plato was never […]
The return of History to schools
By Adekunle Adekoya FOR some days now, an official letter of the Lagos State Government to owners and heads of private schools has been trending in the social media. The letter, purportedly from the Office of Education Quality Assurance of the state’s Ministry of Education, dated August 3, was titled “Re: Introduction of History in […]
Federal and state roads: A governor’s lamentations
By Adekunle Adekoya IN the run-up to the 2015 general elections, there was huge hope that, at last, things were going to take a turn in the direction of eldorado for Nigeria and her teeming peoples. There was massive euphoria about how the cluelessness of the government of the day would be replaced by purposeful […]
